LinkedIn bots and spear phishers target job seekers
The #opentowork hashtag may attract the wrong crowd as criminals target LinkedIn users to steal personal information, or scam them.
Read moreDon’t Let Zombie Zoom Links Drag You Down
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:43:34 +0000
Many organizations — including quite a few Fortune 500 firms — have exposed web links that allow anyone to initiate a Zoom video conference meeting as a valid employee. These company-specific Zoom links, which include a permanent user ID number and an embedded passcode, can work indefinitely and expose an organization’s employees, customers or partners to phishing and other social engineering attacks.
Read moreA firsthand perspective on the recent LinkedIn account takeover campaign
Categories: News Tags: LinkedIn Tags: sessions Tags: contacts It started with a password reset email in the middle of the night. |
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Read moreAttackers demand ransoms for stolen LinkedIn accounts
Categories: News Tags: LinkedIn Tags: rambler.ru Tags: MFA Tags: brute-force Tags: credential stuffing LinkedIn support channels are being swamped by users that have been locked out of their accounts. |
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Read moreTeach a Man to Phish and He’s Set for Life
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2023 13:49:15 +0000
One frustrating aspect of email phishing is the frequency with which scammers fall back on tried-and-true methods that really have no business working these days. Like attaching a phishing email to a traditional, clean email message, or leveraging link redirects on LinkedIn, or abusing an encoding method that makes it easy to disguise booby-trapped Microsoft Windows files as relatively harmless documents.
Read moreRussian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:30:08 +0000
Nikita Kislitsin, formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Department of Justice. Experts say Kislitsin’s prosecution could soon put the Kazakhstan government in a sticky diplomatic position, as the Kremlin is already signaling that it intends to block his extradition to the United States.
Read moreFake Amazon Prime email abuses LinkedIn’s URL shortener
Categories: News Categories: Scams Tags: LinkedIn Tags: Slinks Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: email Tags: payment details Tags: amazon Tags: gmail Tags: outlook Tags: hotmail Tags: scam Tags: scammers The email claims if you not update your card information in the next 24 hours, your membership benefits will be cancelled. |
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Read moreLinkedIn introduces new security features to combat fake accounts
Categories: News Tags: fake accounts Tags: social media platform Tags: LinkedIn Tags: AI Tags: deep learning Tags: reporting After a deluge of fake or bot accounts these past few months, LinkedIn says it is starting to roll out some new security features. |
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Read moreBattle with Bots Prompts Mass Purge of Amazon, Apple Employee Accounts on LinkedIn
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:07:34 +0000
On October 10, 2022, there were 576,562 LinkedIn accounts that listed their current employer as Apple Inc. The next day, half of those profiles no longer existed. A similarly dramatic drop in the number of LinkedIn profiles claiming employment at Amazon comes as LinkedIn is struggling to combat a significant uptick in the creation of fake employee accounts that pair AI-generated profile photos with text lifted from legitimate users.
Read moreBogus job offers hide trojanised open-source software
Categories: News Tags: malware Tags: ZINC Tags: microsoft Tags: infection Tags: C&C Tags: open source Tags: job offer Tags: fake Tags: LinkedIn A North Korean ZINC group is accused of creating compromised versions of KiTTY, PuTTY, TightVNC, and other popular open-source software apps |
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