Headhunted? That dream job could be a trap [Video]

Sophisticated phishing by fake recruiters is on the rise targeting individuals via private accounts in their pursuit of new job opportunities.

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Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting private accounts on LinkedIn and WhatsApp because they are less secure than business accounts, according to Europe cybersecurity agency Enisa’s latest threat landscape report. 

Here, an increasingly common method sees cybercriminals pretending to be recruiters targeting people in higher positions with sugarcoated offers of enticing jobs. 

Sometimes hard to see through

Cyber​​security expert Emanuel Lipschütz left Conscia Sweden, the company he founded under the name Netsafe 27 years ago, a few months ago. In that month he has already been subjected to such attempts twice, once via LinkedIn and another via WhatsApp. 

“This trend started with North Korean hackers posing as recruiters working for Meta. And that’s often how it starts — that cybercriminals and other …