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Facebook Fixes User Email Address Leakage

"Previously, when people typed in a legitimate e-mail address on Facebook's password reset page they got a message either saying that their password had been reset or that an e-mail with instructions on how to reset the password had been sent to their e-mail account, thus providing verification that the e-mail address is legitimate. When a fake e-mail address was typed in they got a message that said "Unregistered Email. The email address you entered has not been registered."

Now, every password typed in gets the same message: "Your password has been reset. An e-mail has been sent to all contact e-mails associated with your account, including (the one typed in)."" - CNET

This is one of those flaws you rarely hear about that have a real impact. The primary reason for gathering this is to perform targeted phishing.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10205476-83.html?tag=mncol

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Rarely hear about, but often see.


This can also work against a legit user who has forgotton both his password and the email linked to it.
He wouldn't know which email he registered.
happens with me all the time :(


Narkolayev is real white hacker, he knows what he is doing.

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