[Pauldotcom] Username Check

xgermx xgermx at gmail.com
Mon Oct 27 19:09:30 UTC 2008


No way to know for sure I suppose, but there are easier (see: cheaper)
ways of harvesting usernames.

2008/10/27 Dan McGinn-Combs <dgcombs at gmail.com>:
> Are they really checking or simply *collecting* usernames themselves. Looks
> like a nifty toy to do that with.
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:09 AM, xgermx <xgermx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.usernamecheck.com/ is a simple website that shows where you
>> have a username registered (checks against 75 different sites). To a
>> normal web user, this probably seems bengin, but from the attacker POV
>> this is gold.
>> Pauldotcom - registered on 13 sites, that leaves at least 62
>> opportunities for social engineering.
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