LinkedIn Job Scams

Interesting article on the variety of LinkedIn job scams around the world: In India, tech jobs are used as bait because the industry employs millions of people and offers high-paying roles. In Kenya, the recruitment industry is largely unorganized, so scamsters leverage fake personal referrals. I...

Google Launches New Maps Feature to Help Businesses Report Review-Based Extortion Attempts

Google on Thursday said it's rolling out a dedicated form to allow businesses listed on Google Maps to report extortion attempts made by threat actors who post inauthentic bad reviews on the platform and demand ransoms to remove the negative comments. The approach is designed to tackle a common...

DPRK Hackers Use ClickFix to Deliver BeaverTail Malware in Crypto Job Scams

Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea aka DPRK or North Korea have been observed leveraging ClickFix-style lures to deliver a known malware called BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret. "The threat actor used ClickFix lures to target marketing and trader roles in...

N. Korean ‘FlexibleFerret’ Malware Hits macOS with Fake Zoom, Job Scams

N. Korean ‘FlexibleFerret’ malware targets macOS with fake Zoom apps, job scams, and bug report comments, deceiving users…...

North Korean Threat Actors Deploy COVERTCATCH Malware via LinkedIn Job Scams

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 common initial infection vector, Google-owned Mandiant said in a new report about threats faced by the...

Coronavirus Widens the Money Mule Pool

With many people being laid off or working from home thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, cybercrooks are almost certain to have more than their usual share of recruitable "money mules" -- people who get roped into money laundering schemes under the pretense of a work-at-home job offer. Here's the...

The Unemployed Are Key to Online Job Scams

Even though online job scams have become more convincing as criminals have honed their skills, sometimes victims don’t fall for them – they jump into them. Read the full article. SFGate...

Job hunters must guard against identity theft

From Orlando Sentinel Richard Burnett With unemployment soaring, identity thieves are increasingly preying on unsuspecting job seekers by stealing personal information and trying to cash in on it. The scams run the gamut from fake help-wanted ads and job-search services to bogus resume-posting We...