Threat actors connected to Vietnamese cybercrime organizations are using social media advertising tools to distribute malware. WithSecure noted that multiple Vietnamese groups overlap in their …
LinkedIn Suffers ‘Significant’ Wave of Account Hacks
There have been a spree of attacks on LinkedIn accounts. In some cases the attacks have demanded a small ransom from the user to regain access and threatened to permanently delete the account. Though …
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Jimmy Soni on Why PayPal Was Successful
In this OODAcast, we talk with Jimmy Soni, the author of the book "The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley". The Founders was one my Top 10 Security, …
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LinkedIn Unveils New Security Features to Tackle Fraud
Business social media company LinkedIn has reportedly launched a new series of features that aims to take down fake profiles and malicious use of the platform, which is designed to allow professionals …
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DHL Replaces LinkedIn As Most Imitated Brand in Phishing Attempts
Popular shipping company DHL has replaced Linkedin as the most impersonated brand being imitated in phishing attempts. The brand was identified as the most imitated between July and September of this …
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North Korean fraudsters suspected of copying people’s LinkedIn and Indeed profiles in a bid to land jobs at U.S. crypto firms
North Korean hackers are raiding job sites like LinkedIn and Indeed and stealing tidbits of information from real profiles to build plagiarized resumes and land jobs at U.S. cryptocurrency firms, …
Novel Malware Hijacks Facebook Business Accounts
A recently discovered malware dubbed Ducktail has been linked to Vietnamese threat actors. researchers from WithSecure released a report on Tuesday detailing the campaign in which the attackers use …
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Phishing emails targeting LinkedIn accounts are on the rise. Here’s what to watch out for
Security researchers at Check Point released a report detailing phishing attempts against LinkedIn users. Check Point researchers stated that LinkedIn users should be wary of suspicious emails that …
Court rules that data scraping is legal in LinkedIn appeal
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that LinkedIn cannot stop a major competitor, hiQ Labs, from scraping publicly available user data from its site. Although the information is public, …
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Massive LinkedIn Phishing, Bot Attacks Feed on the Job-Hungry
LinkedIn has confirmed a series of attacks impersonating its brand to target job hunters who also face the threat of huge data-scraping bot attacks. According to LinkedIn, users who are specifically …
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