Steam Account Security - Top ways to stay safe

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#21

same here, 'cept It was during games of GMOD last summer

#22

I answered an invite in 2007 and was hacked. Since then I don’t answer unknown invites.

#23

Even one of our dev team was nabbed with the email “free games here!” phishing attempt. He got it back, but it was great.

#24

Ya it’s sucks when people go out and steal things.

#25

One guy started chatting to me a week ago- he said:
NVIDIA offers free steam games here ww w.steamlogin.tk (or somehing like that)

I said “lol noob phising mah account” - he blocked me lol
Then I reported him. Don’t fall for this kind of crap.

Most phishers are hosted at ww w.ripway.com - it’s some kind of free web hosting service - they change it name from ww w.ripway.com/user/phisher/blahblah to
ww w.steamlogin.tk using otk name changer (note that phishers usually end in .tk)
They copy the original html code to ripway and use a script that writes a .txt file of the password you typed. Best way to avoid these phishers is to use WOT plugin for firefox - phishers are always marked red or yellow.

Also beware of keyloggers they record everything you type that’s how credit cards are hacked - most popular keylogger these days is the Armadax keylogger. Some people make their own keyloggers.

I have even seen a program that looks exactly like steam or msn but when you type you password in it your password gets sent to the guy who made it.

The best way to stay safe is to use your head - hacking works by fooling people.

#26

Oh ye
I forgot - your account can also get bruteforced so make sure you use a password that is a combination of numbers and letters and make it as long as you can

There was this guy called p3ng3l he had execellent steam bruteforcers - he made a bruteforcer for steam gifts so if you send a gift make sure person you are sending it to accepts it asap

#27

According to a valve employee, your account cannot get bruteforced. The system locks down or out or something after a certain amount of failed attempts.

#28

There is ALWAYS a workaround with that sort of things. I know that there were some working bruteforcers back in 2006.

Bruteforcing still works with gift codes I know that for sure.

And btw I don’t bruteforce i’m just well informed

#29

Just to add on that to enhance safety, you should try not to have the same login name as your community name and don’t tell anyone your login username.

#30

Isnt that the same thing as what I have there?

#31

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#32

And they never will don’t worry using steamUP or gsteam is perfectly safe as long as you don’t use your real account with it. You can also install anther instance of steam and use it for you real account.

#33

Please note there has been a change to number 5 of the original post.

#34

I feel left out. Nobody has hacked my steam account.

Maybe it’s because I’m not a :retard:

#35

I know how you feel. I THINK I was sent one of those phishing emails once a few years ago, but other than that I have yet to get an attempt on my life like many do.

Just go to the steam forums and do a search on the word “hijack” and you’ll get tons.

#36

I was actually chatting to a person that got hacked, he got hacked DURING the chat. It was funny.

#37

Did YOU hack him?

#38

Nah, someone else did. It wasn’t even hacking, it was phishing. They tried to get me too then, but that didn’t work.

#39

I’ve never been hacked, this stuff has always seemed like common sense to me. But it did remind me to verify email :slight_smile: . Good work with this though, i hope it foils a few phishing and hack attempts :smiley:

#40

There is no steam “hacking,” it’s phishing. Anyone who has had their Steam account “hacked” fails at the internet.

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