LinkedIn being used as a 'front door' to phishing attacks
Computing's research reveals phishing is the top threat to businesses, and is increasing in severity, while attacks use novel methods to make potential victims feel comfortable before sending their payloads

LinkedIn is now being used by hackers to make contact with potential victims, in order to encourage them to open their malicious emails, and click on their links. This was one of the revelations from...
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