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If you're a Yahoo user, you already know that 500 million Yahoo accounts were compromised by malicious hackers, and that you should reset your Yahoo password. What Yahoo didn't tell you was that you may also need to unlink, and then relink, all the mobile devices that access your Yahoo account.
That's because if you check your Yahoo email or Yahoo calendar on a tablet or smartphone, that mobile device is permanently logged into your Yahoo account with a unique password that's different from your regular password.
As Dustin Childs and Simon Zuckerbraun of Trend Micro pointed out in a recent blog post, even if you've reset your regular password, malicious hackers may have already give their own mobile devices permanent access to your account.
How to Reset All Your Yahoo Passwords
1. Sign into your Yahoo account in a web browser on a desktop or laptop computer.
2. Click the gear icon on the far right of the menu bar and select Account Info.
3. Click Account Security in the left navigation bar.
4. Click Change Password.
5. Type in your new password twice and click Continue.
If you haven't already set up two-step verification, do it now.
6. Toggle the switch next to Two-Step Verification on the Account Security page.
7. Enter your mobile number in the pop-up window.
8. Select Send SMS or Call Me.
9. Follow the instructions on the text message or call you receive from Yahoo on your mobile phone.
That takes care of your regular Yahoo password. Now you'll need to check to see if any unauthorized devices have access to your Yahoo account.
10. Click Recent Activity in the left navigation bar.
11. Look over "Apps connected to your account" for any devices, apps or locations that you don't recognize.
12. If there's anything unfamiliar, click Remove next to its listing.
Now you have to decide whether to remove what you DO recognize, and then authorize those apps again. If you use your Yahoo account only to receive junk mail, you might not need to do this.
But if you've already seen or removed an unfamiliar device from your account, then you should reset all your mobile accounts.
You also should do this if you use Yahoo as your primary email provider, or if you use it to receive email from banks, credit-card providers or other financial institutions with which you have accounts.
Here's how to proceed:
13. Click Remove next to one of your legitimate devices.
14. In the pop-up that appears, click the trash-can icon next to each listed mobile app.
15. Make sure to keep the pop-up window upon. You'll need to generate new per-app passwords for each app.
Source: Yahoo
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/545--13-paranoid-security-privacy-tips.html
That's because if you check your Yahoo email or Yahoo calendar on a tablet or smartphone, that mobile device is permanently logged into your Yahoo account with a unique password that's different from your regular password.
As Dustin Childs and Simon Zuckerbraun of Trend Micro pointed out in a recent blog post, even if you've reset your regular password, malicious hackers may have already give their own mobile devices permanent access to your account.
How to Reset All Your Yahoo Passwords
1. Sign into your Yahoo account in a web browser on a desktop or laptop computer.

2. Click the gear icon on the far right of the menu bar and select Account Info.

3. Click Account Security in the left navigation bar.

4. Click Change Password.

5. Type in your new password twice and click Continue.

If you haven't already set up two-step verification, do it now.
6. Toggle the switch next to Two-Step Verification on the Account Security page.

7. Enter your mobile number in the pop-up window.

8. Select Send SMS or Call Me.

9. Follow the instructions on the text message or call you receive from Yahoo on your mobile phone.

That takes care of your regular Yahoo password. Now you'll need to check to see if any unauthorized devices have access to your Yahoo account.
10. Click Recent Activity in the left navigation bar.

11. Look over "Apps connected to your account" for any devices, apps or locations that you don't recognize.

12. If there's anything unfamiliar, click Remove next to its listing.

Now you have to decide whether to remove what you DO recognize, and then authorize those apps again. If you use your Yahoo account only to receive junk mail, you might not need to do this.
But if you've already seen or removed an unfamiliar device from your account, then you should reset all your mobile accounts.
You also should do this if you use Yahoo as your primary email provider, or if you use it to receive email from banks, credit-card providers or other financial institutions with which you have accounts.
Here's how to proceed:
13. Click Remove next to one of your legitimate devices.

14. In the pop-up that appears, click the trash-can icon next to each listed mobile app.

15. Make sure to keep the pop-up window upon. You'll need to generate new per-app passwords for each app.
Source: Yahoo
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/545--13-paranoid-security-privacy-tips.html