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The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Sapphire Sleet is estimated to have stolen more than $10 million worth of cryptocurrency as part of social engineering campaigns orchestrated over a...
The Irish data protection watchdog on Thursday fined LinkedIn €310 million ($335 million) for violating the privacy of its users by conducting behavioral analyses of personal data for targeted...
LinkedIn received a €310 million fine from the Irish Data Protection Commission for violating European Union's law related to the processing of personal data for behavioral analysis and targeted...
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has confirmed that professional social networking platform LinkedIn has suspended processing users' data in the country to train its artificial...
Cybersecurity researchers are continuing to warn about North Korean threat actors' attempts to target prospective victims on LinkedIn to deliver malware called RustDoor. The latest advisory comes...
Threat actors affiliated with North Korea have been observed leveraging LinkedIn as a way to target developers as part of a fake job recruiting operation. These attacks employ coding tests as a...
Malicious Google ads are a well known threat, but malvertising can also be found on other popular online destinations such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Case in point: an enduring campaign that aims to infect Facebook users with the SYS01 information stealer, which grabs everything the attackers need to carry on with it endlessly.
A threat actor is using fake LinkedIn posts and direct messages about a Facebook Ads specialist position at hardware maker Corsair to lure people into downloading info-stealing malware like DarkGate and RedLine. Recent examples of DarkGate's use include phishing attacks through Microsoft Teams that push the payload and leveraging compromised Skype accounts to send VBS scripts to trigger an infection chain leading to the malware.
Hackers are once again abusing LinkedIn Smart Links in phishing attacks to bypass protection measures and evade detection in attempts to steal Microsoft account credentials. Smart Links are part of LinkedIn's Sales Navigator service, used for marketing and tracking, allowing Business accounts to email content using trackable links to determine who engaged with it.
LinkedIn users are being targeted in an ongoing account hijacking campaign, are getting locked out of their accounts; the hacked accounts are held for ransom.Users discussing their compromised LinkedIn accounts.