Summary:
LinkedIn currently has over 810 million members, which presents a very large pool of potential victims. To cyber criminals, LinkedIn accounts present a treasure trove of personal data, as well as an effective means to reach other potential victims. LinkedIn’s Smart Link feature allows users to redirect to legitimate websites to promote their websites. This also provides people with generating reports about who viewed the shared content. This feature has been abused by hackers to bypass the email security products and redirect them to fake payment gateway pages. As hackers are exploiting legitimate service of LinkedIn, the phishing campaign is still running.[/subscribe_to_unlock_form]
Summary:
LinkedIn currently has over 810 million members, which presents a very large pool of potential victims. To cyber criminals, LinkedIn accounts present a treasure trove of personal data, as well as an effective means to reach other potential victims. LinkedIn’s Smart Link feature allows users to redirect to legitimate websites to promote their websites. This also provides people with generating reports about who viewed the shared content. This feature has been abused by hackers to bypass the email security products and redirect them to fake payment gateway pages. As hackers are exploiting legitimate service of LinkedIn, the phishing campaign is still running.[emaillocker id="1283"]
Fig: Phishing webpage
Recommendation :
Educate employees and users on various social engineering & phishing tactics used by Hackers.
References:
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