Username Check

[dimitrios at gmail.com (Dimitrios Kapsalis)]

Good point. I tried one and it said i was member but wasn't actual.

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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>
>
>
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