Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The fabricated LinkedIn identities — which pair AI-generated profile photos with text lifted from legitimate accounts — are creating major headaches for corporate HR departments and for those managing invite-only LinkedIn groups.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

As part of BEC, phishing emails can target particular people within an organization or sent out en masse. Often disguised as money transfer requests, HR-communications or business proposals they aim to steal confidential data. Business Email Compromise (BEC) is a type of email phishing attack that relies on social engineering.

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Adapture

MAY 18, 2021

Sending the phishing email en masse. From: name of HR manager] URGENT! So, as you can imagine, a lot of creativity and attention to detail goes into creating a phishing email. This requires top-notch graphics design and copywriting skills. Once a phishing email has been crafted, the next thing the attacker does is send it.

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