Re:Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam
by aaaaaaaaata on Thursday June 16, 2022 @10:54AM
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Recruited employees?
Or people they unknowingly hired?
Small distinction?
Re:Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam
by namelessoracle on Thursday June 16, 2022 @11:37AM
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It's not a small distinction. An organization deliberately trying to inject an asset into your company to do X or Y is a different problem to solve than an existing employee who was coopted. And the co opted case has a different problem in one motivated by gain vs one motivated by threats agains them.
It’s not just in the movies.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/a-closer-look-at-the-lap...
> Microsoft says LAPSUS$ — which it boringly calls “DEV-0537” — mostly gains illicit access to targets via “social engineering.” This involves bribing or tricking employees at the target organization or at its myriad partners, such as customer support call centers and help desks.
> “Microsoft found instances where the group successfully gained access to target organizations through recruited employees (or employees of their suppliers or business partners),” Microsoft wrote.