find social media accounts with Sherlock (in 5 MIN)

Summary by Krater

The creator demonstrates how to use the OSINT tool Sherlock to find social media accounts by username, using Google Cloud Shell and running searches for NahamSec, The Cyber Mentor, and John Hammond.

From the video

Answers: How do I find social media accounts by username using Sherlock?

• OSINT
• social media enumeration
• Sherlock tool
• Python hacking tools

What it concludes

• Sherlock is a Python tool that allows users to find social media accounts across multiple networks by username.
• Using a timeout parameter, such as --timeout 1, speeds up searches by reducing the time spent waiting on slow sites.