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LinkedIn, Indeed and Upwork Leveraged for Chinese Spying Threat

Jordyn Alger

June 8, 2026

Five Eyes warns that China is targeting individuals in order to access sensitive or classified information.

Leadership & Management

Security leadership philosophy and LinkedIn communication style

Three security leaders, three distinct and emblematic communication styles and personas on LinkedIn. How does online networking impact security leadership?

Michael Gips

January 12, 2024

Networking online plays an important role in the security profession today. In this column, we investigate three distinct communication styles on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn remains most-impersonated brand by phishing campaigns

Security Staff

July 28, 2022

The Q2 2022 Brand Phishing Report from Check Point Research (CPR) found that LinkedIn is the most-impersonated brand when it comes to phishing campaigns.

Hacker behind LinkedIn scraping grabbed 700m profiles 'for fun'

July 20, 2021

A hacker created a database of information scraped from 700 million LinkedIn users after tricking the company’s API and used the same technique to create a database on 533 million Facebook users.

MI5 warns of spies using LinkedIn

April 21, 2021

MI5 has warned about spies luring people on LinkedIn. At least 10,000 U.K. nationals have been approached by fake profiles linked to hostile states, on the professional social network LinkedIn, over the past five years.

500m LinkedIn accounts leaked

April 12, 2021

An individual is selling the data of 500 million LinkedIn profiles on a popular cybercriminal forum, according to news reports. The leaked files contain information about the LinkedIn users whose data has been allegedly scraped by the threat actor, including their full names, email addresses, phone numbers, workplace information, and more, according to CyberNews.

Cybercriminals spearphishing business professionals on LinkedIn with fake job offers

April 6, 2021

eSentire is warning enterprises and individuals that cybercriminals are spearphishing business professionals on LinkedIn with fake job offers in an effort to infect them with a sophisticated backdoor Trojan. Backdoor trojans, according to eSentire, give threat actors remote control over a victim's computer, allowing them to send, receive, launch and delete files.

Don’t Overlook LinkedIn as a Corporate Security Risk

Daniil Davydoff

May 22, 2019

Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, as well as specialized social networks and encrypted messaging apps have come under attack for facilitating violent extremism and serving as violent ideology laboratories

Court Rules Social Media Site's Reference Search Not a Background Check

May 20, 2015

A Federal District Court recently ruled the technology used in LinkedIn's Reference Search does not constitute a “consumer background check” of employees and job candidates.

Censoring Social Media to Reduce Risk

Bernard Scaglione

July 1, 2012

With the advent of social media, personal and professional identities are beginning to blend together. I am linked, I tweet and am face booked. I have my own space; I can Skype and even FaceTime. By accessing all these sites, my professional and personal lives seem to be getting in the way of each other. In fact, my personal and professional identities are melding.