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Aerospace employees targeted with malicious “dream job” offers

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Aerospace employees targeted with malicious “dream job” offers 2024-11-13 at 12:49 By Zeljka Zorz It’s not just North Korean hackers who reach out to targets via LinkedIn: since at least September 2023, Iranian threat actor TA455 has been trying to compromise workers in the aerospace industry by impersonating job recruiters on the popular employment-focused social […]

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The cybersecurity gender gap: How diverse teams improve threat response

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The cybersecurity gender gap: How diverse teams improve threat response 2024-11-06 at 07:33 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Julie Madhusoodanan, Head of CyberSecurity at LinkedIn, discusses how closing the gender gap could enhance cybersecurity’s effectiveness in combating emerging threats. With women still underrepresented in cybersecurity roles, she emphasizes how diverse teams

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LinkedIn Hires Former Twitter Security Chief Lea Kissner as New CISO

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LinkedIn Hires Former Twitter Security Chief Lea Kissner as New CISO 2024-08-28 at 19:01 By Ryan Naraine Lea Kissner replaces Geoff Belknap as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. The post LinkedIn Hires Former Twitter Security Chief Lea Kissner as New CISO appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Why LinkedIn Developed Its Own AI-Powered Security Platform

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Why LinkedIn Developed Its Own AI-Powered Security Platform 2024-08-21 at 18:01 By Kevin Townsend An inside look at how LinkedIn developed an internal AI-assisted vulnerability management system to protect its massive infrastructure and user base. The post Why LinkedIn Developed Its Own AI-Powered Security Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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SYS01 info-stealer pushed via Facebook ads, LinkedIn and YouTube posts

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SYS01 info-stealer pushed via Facebook ads, LinkedIn and YouTube posts 2024-07-16 at 13:16 By Zeljka Zorz 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

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CISO Conversations: Talking Cybersecurity With LinkedIn’s Geoff Belknap and Meta’s Guy Rosen

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CISO Conversations: Talking Cybersecurity With LinkedIn’s Geoff Belknap and Meta’s Guy Rosen 2024-05-01 at 15:31 By Kevin Townsend SecurityWeek interviews Geoff Belknap, CISO at LinkedIn, and Guy Rosen, CISO at Facebook parent company Meta. The post CISO Conversations: Talking Cybersecurity With LinkedIn’s Geoff Belknap and Meta’s Guy Rosen appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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Crypto firms beware: Lazarus’ new malware can now bypass detection

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Crypto firms beware: Lazarus’ new malware can now bypass detection 02/10/2023 at 07:02 By Cointelegraph By Brayden Lindrea The malware payload “LightlessCan” — used in fake job scams — is far more challenging to detect than its predecessor, warns cybersecurity researchers at ESET. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React

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How Ducktail capitalizes on compromised business, ad accounts

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How Ducktail capitalizes on compromised business, ad accounts 01/09/2023 at 12:04 By Helga Labus Quite some money can be made from selling compromised business and ad accounts on social media platforms, and the Ducktail threat actor has specialized in just that. “We observed that an account deemed ‘low-grade’ sells for around 350,000 Vietnamese dong (~$15

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LinkedIn users targeted in account hijacking campaign

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LinkedIn users targeted in account hijacking campaign 16/08/2023 at 17:03 By Helga Labus 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. (Source: Cyberint) The LinkedIn account hijacking campaign The Cyberint research team

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