LinkedIn tests a way for connections to verify your work history 2026-09-28 at 11:20 By Anamarija Pogorelec LinkedIn is testing a way for members to verify the work and education history of people they know. The platform prompts verified members to confirm that they worked or studied with a connection. Once that person receives enough […]
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LinkedIn-themed phishing abuses Adobe’s A/B testing platform 2026-05-29 at 14:08 By Zeljka Zorz A newly documented phishing campaign is targeting professionals with fake LinkedIn business emails and abusing a trusted service operated by Adobe. The attack from the victim’s perspective The attack starts with an email that looks, at first glance, like a routine business […]
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BrowserGate: Claims of LinkedIn ‘Spying’ Clash With Security Research Findings 2026-04-13 at 17:31 By Kevin Townsend Claims that “Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history” face scrutiny as researchers analyze LinkedIn’s browser extension probing The post BrowserGate: Claims of LinkedIn ‘Spying’ Clash With Security Research Findings appeared first on […]
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Social engineering attacks on open source developers are escalating 2026-04-08 at 15:45 By Zeljka Zorz North Korean hackers spent weeks socially engineering an Axios maintainer through a fake Slack workspace, a cloned company identity, and a fabricated Microsoft Teams call that tricked him into installing a RAT posings as a software update. They used the […]
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LinkedIn wants to make verification a portable trust signal 2026-01-15 at 08:34 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Oscar Rodriguez, VP Trust Product at LinkedIn, discusses how verification is becoming a portable trust signal across the internet. He explains how LinkedIn is extending professional identity beyond its platform to address rising AI-driven […]
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Social data puts user passwords at risk in unexpected ways 2025-11-28 at 09:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Many CISOs already assume that social media creates new openings for password guessing, but new research helps show what that risk looks like in practice. The findings reveal how much information can be reconstructed from public profiles and how […]
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LinkedIn now uses your data for AI by default, opt out now! 2025-09-18 at 16:00 By Sinisa Markovic LinkedIn is making major changes to its User Agreement and Privacy Policy, effective November 3, 2025. Among the most notable updates, the company will now use member data by default to improve its generative AI models, unless […]
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LinkedIn expands company verification, mandates workplace checks for certain roles 2025-09-04 at 16:00 By Mirko Zorz LinkedIn is rolling out new verification rules to make it easier to confirm that people and companies are who they claim to be. The company will now require workplace verification when someone adds or updates a leadership or recruiter […]
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Freelance Software Developers in North Korean Malware Crosshairs 2025-02-21 at 18:01 By Ionut Arghire ESET says hundreds of freelance software developers have fallen victim to North Korean hackers posing as recruiters. The post Freelance Software Developers in North Korean Malware Crosshairs appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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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 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 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 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 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 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 […]
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn releases AI-powered assistant for job recruiters 04/10/2023 at 17:05 By Cointelegraph By Savannah Fortis LinkedIn plans to pilot a new AI-powered assistant aimed at recruiters searching for job candidates and will also release an AI educational assistant in its learning section. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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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
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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 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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