updated Jan 27, 2009 12:07 pm | 4,375 views The term "account
harvesting" refers to the attacking technique or activities of
grabbing legitimate user IDs and even passwords to gain access
to target systems for illegal or malicious purposes. The term
account harvesting refers to the attacking technique or
activities of grabbing legitimate user IDs and even passwords to
gain access to target systems for illegal or malicious purposes.
Javvin Technologies  Account Harvesting is the process of
collecting all the legitimate account names on a system.
Sniffing software is often used to harvest accounts. Account
Harvesting is often used to refer to computer spammers,
individuals who try to sell or seduce others through email
advertising or solicitation. Account harvesting involves using
computer programs to search areas on the Internet in order to
gather lists of email addresses from a number of sources,
including chat rooms, domain names, instant message users,
message boards, news groups, online directories for We