tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post4540249528455626410..comments2024-03-29T07:48:15.799-04:00Comments on Food Wishes Video Recipes: I've Been Hacked! Please Help Me Find and Kill Those ResponsibleChef Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030125427840815038noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-28380069532179715582012-11-17T17:46:57.865-05:002012-11-17T17:46:57.865-05:00Lol. Don't die! ;). Thank you!!!!Lol. Don't die! ;). Thank you!!!!Chef Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15030125427840815038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-79901963147750604682012-11-17T16:19:02.483-05:002012-11-17T16:19:02.483-05:00Chef John, Anyone doing anything remotely upsettin...Chef John, Anyone doing anything remotely upsetting to you should be taken out back and spanked with a spatula!<br /><br />And kudos on your cook book. I am asking for your cook book for Christmas and have all your recipes printed and plastic coated in a binder, as well as all your videos on a thumb drive - make sure you back up ALL YOUR RECIPES on a thumb drive.....YOU ARE A AMERICAN TREASURE. I've been cooking for 49 years, made my first pie at age 10 from scratch (apple). I do add alittle here or there but all your recipes i have tried are absolutely THE BEST. Simple, easy, fast, just plain good food. My cook book binder has your picture on the front, showing you standing in front of black iron fence. My grand daughter has told me she hopes I never die but if and when I do can she have my binder cookbook of Chef John....Best wishes, a loyal fan. ClaudiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-89873822283956846212011-11-29T00:39:05.230-05:002011-11-29T00:39:05.230-05:00Add your own email address to your address book. ...Add your own email address to your address book. Then you will have immediate notification if your email address is being used for spam.Helen in Houstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033727492247647794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-832992144247815552011-04-12T12:38:19.816-04:002011-04-12T12:38:19.816-04:00you also need to change your security question. Th...you also need to change your security question. That's the easiest way to hack into an email. Make the answer hard. Something you and only you know. Like how many hairs are on your big toe... you get what I mean. lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-85901685987418317312011-04-06T22:46:52.440-04:002011-04-06T22:46:52.440-04:00I disagree with Travis M. It is highly unlikely th...I disagree with Travis M. It is highly unlikely that someone who managed to get a keylogger on Chef John's machine would simply use it to use his email to send spam. It is a high-risk, directed attack, and it is being used in such a low-gain maneuver. <br /><br />Imagine stealing the key to someone's house. You break-and-enter -- already a serious crime -- risk the owner of retaliating/getting the authorities, and all you do is watch some T.V.<br /><br />If you notice someone has been purchasing shows from your cable subscription, I don't think the first thing to come to your mind should be "someone broke into my house".Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12907480062136419429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-28937364780754812282011-04-06T08:32:19.725-04:002011-04-06T08:32:19.725-04:00Chef John, you've helped me out more times tha...Chef John, you've helped me out more times than I'll admin to my friends and family. It's good to see others trying to help you. I'm and IT Manager by day and VERY amateur cook by night. Anyways, I believe that a key logger was installed on your computer. The best thing to do is backup your importatant data, then have the hard drive wiped. It's the only way to know it is safe to keep using it and know it won't happen again. You are welcome to contact me if you have any questions.<br /><br />Good luck Chef, and thanks for all you do for us!<br /><br />Travis M- Kansas CityUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919101592680158437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-222019221690390152011-04-05T13:40:07.652-04:002011-04-05T13:40:07.652-04:00I was drunk when I made my last post, but I'm ...I was drunk when I made my last post, but I'm going to stand by it. The problem with the redirect is most likely on your end Gene. I'm not a computer expert or anything though, but I am awesome. And surprisingly modest.Davey Boyhttp://www.bloodandfear.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-23713391233638394582011-04-04T19:29:34.451-04:002011-04-04T19:29:34.451-04:00thanks, but it's working ok for me. Haven'...thanks, but it's working ok for me. Haven't had any other reports of redirects. Strange.Chef Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15030125427840815038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-54978918834248214022011-04-04T18:54:48.235-04:002011-04-04T18:54:48.235-04:00It appears as if your blog site is also compromise...It appears as if your blog site is also compromised. When I try to bring up a blog entry/recipe, the site appears to be correct but then after 20 seconds or so, it gets redirected to a bogus url. For example, I try to bring up this link:<br /><br />http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2011/02/sweet-and-sour-pork-tenderloin.html<br /><br />And it redirects to here:<br /><br />undefined1301957370230:adStarted<br /><br />See screen shot:<br />http://vvcap.net/db/8BRyLS3vTXBPN2bXxXEA.htpgkstwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01307278311744559100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-86162919272325767482011-04-04T18:34:06.833-04:002011-04-04T18:34:06.833-04:00If you are worried about your passwords and everyt...If you are worried about your passwords and everything http://lastpass.com/ can help you keep them really safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-45402267997815082562011-04-04T17:21:06.394-04:002011-04-04T17:21:06.394-04:00THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL THE GREAT INFO!!!!!THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL THE GREAT INFO!!!!!Chef Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15030125427840815038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-4387463386158652142011-04-04T17:15:58.763-04:002011-04-04T17:15:58.763-04:00I doubt you've been hacked, sounds more like m...I doubt you've been hacked, sounds more like mallware or a trojan that's sending shit in your name to your mates. Do you know what the sent email was? A common one is a link to an online pharmaceutical company. I'm not telling you to suck eggs, ( although i'm sure in your case they would be delicious eggs) run scans. Registry, virus, and spyware. I highly recommend Comodo. But anything is better than nothing (most of the time)<br />cheers Chef John, Awesome website.Davey Boyhttp://www.bloodandfear.com, Tedmaul_8@hotmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-33962576283709320662011-04-03T21:39:49.232-04:002011-04-03T21:39:49.232-04:00I knew that your Thai corned beef recipe would cau...I knew that your Thai corned beef recipe would cause trouble. Do you know any disgruntled Irishmen?<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-67559723927661732892011-04-03T20:48:32.616-04:002011-04-03T20:48:32.616-04:00Yeah, send Mr. Ramsay after them. He'll fix th...Yeah, send Mr. Ramsay after them. He'll fix their Cuisinart alright.Pantalonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-29285407990931740062011-04-03T19:05:16.045-04:002011-04-03T19:05:16.045-04:00I feel your pain, Chef John. The same thing happen...I feel your pain, Chef John. The same thing happened to me at Christmas time last year. Luckily, my husband is a computer whiz and actually tracked the user down to a specific location (Glendale, CA, actually!!) and reported it. I have changed all my passwords and had no other issues--except for the occasional request for more performance-enhancing drugs from a couple of close friends...;-)<br /><br />WWendy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15142547156690581434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-29248172832138186112011-04-03T17:31:55.501-04:002011-04-03T17:31:55.501-04:00Yeah I got hacked too last year (spam mail too) bu...Yeah I got hacked too last year (spam mail too) but no trace of sent emails...perhaps its like what robin said. But I still changed to a MUCH MUCH stronger password.<br /><br />Other than changing passwords, having antivirus programs...<br /><br />I think a change of passwords every once in awhile would be good too.Emerald_Mara85noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-6841721050822500182011-04-03T13:37:07.388-04:002011-04-03T13:37:07.388-04:00I'm still inclined to they actually accessed y...I'm still inclined to they actually accessed your email account and not just used it as FROM email address. Your friends and contacts received the email, so that means they also got access to your contacts, thus full email account.<br /><br />It is not a GMail/Yahoo problem. If they hacked into GMail/Yahoo, they would have way better things to do than sending Viagra emails to your contacts. Don't get relaxed.Luaticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05708275429193105229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-3592245522809567572011-04-03T12:27:47.510-04:002011-04-03T12:27:47.510-04:00I apologise in advance for the wall of text.
It&#...I apologise in advance for the wall of text.<br /><br />It's probably just email spoofing and NOT a compromised account (read what truthspew wrote), in which case the mail wasn't even sent from your yahoo account - they just used 'foodwishes@yahoo.com' as the FROM address to make it look more legitimate. They're kind of impersonating you since you have a prominent/authentic email address.<br /><br />The yahoo mail service would probably have suspended your account if it had large amounts of spam sent from it anyway.<br /><br />I wouldn't be too worried about the security of your account - rather you might want to <b>remove any instances of 'foodwishes@yahoo.com'</b> on as many public web pages as you can and replace them with something like 'foodwishes at yahoo dot com' (for instance, in this particular post). This will make it harder for any crawlers to pick up your address and use it for malicious purposes. That being said, change your password as soon as you can just to be safe. Choose a strong password with upper/lowercase letters as well as numerics and possibly symbols as well.<br /><br />I'm not sure about yahoo mail but if you're still worried about security, gmail has some great security features which lets you know if it thinks your account has been compromised.xacronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-84977857886050033572011-04-03T11:33:10.705-04:002011-04-03T11:33:10.705-04:00same EXACT thing happened to my brother. With the ...same EXACT thing happened to my brother. With the same embarrassing viagra and trip emails. I'm pretty this befell upon him due to his nature of going on heavily spammed websites, probably riddled with spyware and other things.Jeffrey Shenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894568569563438670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-23674774029239823172011-04-03T11:29:31.691-04:002011-04-03T11:29:31.691-04:00John, just in case, I would make sure your antivir...John, just in case, I would make sure your antivirus is out of date and maybe run a scan with the free malwarebytes application. <br /><br />IMO the biggest thing you can do to increase your all-around security on the web is to browse with Firefox using the NoScript plugin -- one of the top 3 most downloaded plugins last time I checked. It's a bit of pain, because you have to "whitelist" domains, and at first you will have some head-scratching moments trying to figure out why various sites aren't responding. But the 80/20 law applies... within a few days you will have whitelisted most of the domains you use on a regular basis.Chase Saundershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367661066053842171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-51620857108529304112011-04-03T11:24:29.531-04:002011-04-03T11:24:29.531-04:00Guys, don't get paranoid.
It's easy to fa...Guys, don't get paranoid.<br /><br />It's easy to fake an email sender. Just as you can send 1000s of postcards with your neighbors name on it.<br /><br />Usually that's what happens. No hacking into accounts required at all.<br /><br />The only way to find out where the mail originated from is by looking at the mail headers. But you need to know what to look for. <br /><br />So if in doubt, ask an expert.Baluhttp://www.b-a-l-u.de/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-15396414051035528362011-04-03T11:15:04.034-04:002011-04-03T11:15:04.034-04:00After clicking the link in that email it had me wo...After clicking the link in that email it had me wondering. Did Chef John create all of those cooking videos just to bait us into buying Cialis product?<br /><br />Who is your employer Chef ??Razors Edgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248119517336834170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-39446735249226161342011-04-03T10:24:02.467-04:002011-04-03T10:24:02.467-04:00Get a gmail account. yahoo addresses are a;ways g...Get a gmail account. yahoo addresses are a;ways getting hacked. Doubt you p/w was stolen or guessed. I think yahoo itself is the problem.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431425164222770252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-10884197215141645602011-04-03T10:17:47.786-04:002011-04-03T10:17:47.786-04:00This is known as "Spoofing" do a Google ...This is known as "Spoofing" do a Google search for more info....sorta like this "How do I return a Russian Bride" or "Can I swap my Russian Bride for one of these girls from Thailand I saw on the internet?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173052990851751381.post-51328725125495198442011-04-03T09:13:13.420-04:002011-04-03T09:13:13.420-04:00PLEASE, use Gmail! So much more reliable and spam ...PLEASE, use Gmail! So much more reliable and spam free!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com