Identity Theft
LinkedIn flaw helps hackers uncover email addresses
Reported by komonews.com
The flaw could allow anyone with just a basic grasp of navigating a website to authenticate email address using LinkedIn’s tool to confirm connections with other members.
Bryan Seely and Ben Caudill of Rhino Security Labs say the flaw could become a hacker’s first step to identity theft because it is often the case that a valid email address is a person’s user name for many accounts not associated with LinkedIn.