Operation In(ter)ception: Hackers target aerospace companies via LinkedIn recruitment messages

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Hackers first sent an exciting job offer via LinkedIn to aerospace executives while posing themselves as recruiters from well-known firms, such as General Dynamics and Collins Aerospace

Researchers from cyber security firm ESET have uncovered a new cyber espionage operation that targeted European aerospace and military firms via LinkedIn spear-phishing messages. Named Operation...

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