Microsoft Account Security Alert We Think That Someone
With all the security breaches we're having these days, it doesn't hurt to be vigilant for any suspicious activity. Your Microsoft account-linking SkyDrive, Outlook.com, Office webapps, Xbox, and possibly your PC-comes with a tool that shows you if any unauthorized parties tried to get into your account.It's much like Google's and Dropbox's 'last activity' solution: Microsoft keeps a log of successful and unsuccessful sign-ins, incorrect password attempts, and so on-along with the IP address, a map, and other details of the attempted device. And click the 'Recent activity' link in the left menu to see it.It looks like this:As you can see from my example, someone in Russia tried to get into my account but entered the wrong password.
The map tells me this is someone in Khabarovsk, a place I've never been.I'm not too concerned with that unsuccessful attempt. Because it's an unknown device and I have two-factor authentication turned on-something everyone should do wherever possible-the supposed hacker couldn't get in without my other authenticating device.What would be troubling is if there was a successful sign-in from a location that's not mine. Then you know you've been compromised.
Microsoft Account Security Alert We Think That Someone Free
You can hit the 'This wasn't me' button on that page to tell Microsoft and recover your account.Anyway, like looking at logs of your Wi-Fi router's login attempts, it's nice to remember every now and then that everything is alright. Read more of and follow the latest at ITworld. Follow Melanie on Twitter at. For the latest IT news, analysis and how-tos, follow ITworld on.
Is this email real or another catfisher??? Just got this few minutes a go. Clicked 'recover account' and leads to this page which looks legit.from:Microsoft account team to:p.@gmail.comdate:Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:45 AMsubject:Microsoft account security alertmailed-by:account.microsoft.com:Important mainly because of the people in the conversation.Microsoft accountSecurity alertWe think that someone else might have accessed the Microsoft account p.@gmail.com. When this happens, we require you to verify your identity with a security challenge and then change your password the next time you sign in.If someone else has access to your account, they have your password and might be trying to access your personal information or send junk email.If you haven't already recovered your account, we can help you do it now.Recover accountLearn how to make your account more secure.Thanks,The Microsoft account team. Sep 1st, 2014 9:58 amWhile the nature of the email looks like a classic phishing email. It actually seems legit; the web page you posted is a Microsoft web page.Just go try and login to your account as you normally would (at whatever URL you normally would).
Tunnelbear premium free download full. If it doesn't work, try and reset your password here:Yep, what I thought. It does look real.
The addy matches other MS pages. When clicking home (MS windows icon)on the link in the email it does bring you right to MS home page for canada with same addy format. Links in google search for MS also brings up links with same addy format. Sep 1st, 2014 10:02 amYep, what I thought. It does look real. The addy matches other MS pages.
When clicking home (MS windows icon)on the link in the email it does bring you right to MS home page for canada with same addy format. Links in google search for MS also brings up links with same addy format.Easiest way to tell is by looking at the domain, which is microsoft.com, as opposed to, say, microsoft.someotherdomain.com. Just make sure you're looking at the actual domain name the link is pointing to, and not just the text in the email, which can be made to look like anything. But, when in doubt, just go directly to the site as you normally would, without using the URL in the email.Example:The above link looks like it's going to Microsoft, based on the text, but will actually take you to google. Most phishers will use this technique to fool unsuspecting users in to going to their own web pages.