Trend Micro has put out research on how LinkedIn has become a great target for cybercriminals.
LinkedIn is considered the largest platform catering to professionals and companies’ information with approximately 875 million users in over 200 countries.
As in other social networks, sharing data is the principal activity done on this platform, and this opens people to threats targeting all kinds of users – from a cybercriminal perspective, LinkedIn is an optimal platform to gather information on potential targets and for initial reconnaissance given its large user base and business orientation.
From utilizing AI-generated headshots to create real-looking profiles to using LinkedIn messaging to target marketing and HR professionals, threat actors have found new ways to exploit the platform’s information to build sophisticated attacks that could result in personal, professional, social, and organizational damage.
To learn more about how data is been stolen and used against users and organizations you can read the full report here: A Growing Goldmine: Your LinkedIn Data Abused For Cybercrime
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Trend Micro Details How Cybercriminals Use LinkedIn to Victimize Users and Companies
Trend Micro has put out research on how LinkedIn has become a great target for cybercriminals.
LinkedIn is considered the largest platform catering to professionals and companies’ information with approximately 875 million users in over 200 countries.
As in other social networks, sharing data is the principal activity done on this platform, and this opens people to threats targeting all kinds of users – from a cybercriminal perspective, LinkedIn is an optimal platform to gather information on potential targets and for initial reconnaissance given its large user base and business orientation.
From utilizing AI-generated headshots to create real-looking profiles to using LinkedIn messaging to target marketing and HR professionals, threat actors have found new ways to exploit the platform’s information to build sophisticated attacks that could result in personal, professional, social, and organizational damage.
To learn more about how data is been stolen and used against users and organizations you can read the full report here: A Growing Goldmine: Your LinkedIn Data Abused For Cybercrime
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