A New LinkedIn Vulnerability Exposes Jobseekers to Phishing Attacks

Written by medhamehta | Published 2021/08/26
Tech Story Tags: linkedin | security | vulnerability | cybersecurity | cybersecurity-awareness | security-top-story | phishing | phishing-attacks

TLDR A new LinkedIn Vulnerability Exposes Jobseekers to Phishing Attacks, Identity theft, and employment-related scams. Hackers can post jobs on behalf of any company they want, without the consent or knowledge of the original company! This vulnerability can be exploited by con artists for massive phishing attacks, identity theft, or redirecting candidates to a malicious or phishing website. LinkedIn didn't do anything further to tackle the issue, which means, the vulnerability still exists. The Cyphere reached to BleepingComputer to reconfirm their claims.via the TL;DR App

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Written by medhamehta | Cybersecurity blogger and AI enthusiast
Published by HackerNoon on 2021/08/26