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LinkedIn Jobs, The Malign Effect

February 28, 2019 by Marc Handelman in Information Security, Malware, Malware Detection

Fake Jobs, leading to malware infections, that is. Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) and it's LinkedIn unit must focus on protecting their product, which of course, are LinkedIn members. Read all about it at Proofpoint and via Graham Cluley writing at BitDefender. H/T

"Since the middle of 2018, Proofpoint has been tracking campaigns abusing legitimate messaging services, offering fake jobs, and repeatedly following up via email to ultimately deliver the More_eggs backdoor." - via the Proofpoint Threat Insight Team, wrtiting at the comapny's blog with the post entitled "Fake Jobs: Campaigns Delivering More_eggs Backdoor via Fake Job Offers"

February 28, 2019 /Marc Handelman
Information Security, Malware, Malware Detection
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