yesterday Kaspersky published details on a weakness it had discovered in LinkedIn that potentially left the platform open to spear-phishing attacks. The company had warned LinkedIn last November, and the issue has been resolved: however, in publishing Yesterday's article Kaspersky describes LinkedIn as a "vulnerable platform" highlighting that "a security flaw such as this one could help attackers to efficiently execute spear phishing campaigns, steal credentials and potentially gain remote control over selected victims without needing to resort to social engineering."
Yesterday Kaspersky published details on a weakness it had discovered in LinkedIn that potentially left the platform open to spear-phishing attacks. The company had warned LinkedIn last November, and the issue has been resolved: however, in publishing yesterday's article Kaspersky describes LinkedIn as a "vulnerable platform" highlighting that "a security flaw such as this one could help attackers to efficiently execute spear phishing campaigns, steal credentials and potentially gain remote control over selected victims without needing to resort to social engineering."