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Glut of Fake LinkedIn Profiles Pits HR Against the Bots

Krebs on Security

A recent proliferation of phony executive profiles on LinkedIn is creating something of an identity crisis for the business networking site, and for companies that rely on it to hire and screen prospective employees. Not long after that, the phony profiles that were not on the company’s list were deleted from LinkedIn.

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Supply chain attack on U.S. news websites

Security Boulevard

news websites. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Due to a supply chain attack involving a service provider, hundreds of regional and national news websites in the U.S. More than 250 new sites have been affected, including those in Boston, New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Palm Beach, Miami and Cincinnati. Supply chain attack on U.S.

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Main phishing and scamming trends and techniques

SecureList

To do this, they sent e-mails in the name of companies such as PayPal, asking users to go to a fake site displaying the corporate logo and enter their credentials. Phishing: Phishers can target credentials in absolutely any online service: banks, social networks, government portals, online stores, mail services, delivery companies, etc.

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2023 Cyber Threat Predictions

Digital Shadows

All of these events have had a major effect on cyber threats, which continues to see malicious attackers giving network defenders plenty to think about. In 2022, Digital Shadows identified 11 new data leak extortion groups establishing data leak sites, with two identified in Q1, five in Q2, and four in Q3 2022.

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Gab Has Been Breached

Troy Hunt

— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 2, 2021 This isn't an unusual response to a data breach; many companies try to downplay the significance in order to reduce the perceived impact of it. "Every major tech company – from Facebook to Twitter – has been the target of multiple and continued data breaches."

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