Microsoft and LinkedIn: Ultimate Phishing Pool, er, Tool
April 26, 2021
Microsoft is buckling like an old building in Reykjavik. There was SolarWinds, then Microsoft Exchange Server, and then… The list goes on. Another issue has shaken the enterprise software company: LinkedIn phishing. (You thought I was going to comment about Windows Updates killing some gamers’ “experience”, didn’t you? Wrong.)
“Hackers Are Using LinkedIn As the Ultimate Phishing Tool” asserts:
According to MI5, the UK’s security agency, at least 10,000 citizens have been approached by state-sponsored threat actors using fake profiles on a popular social media platform. While MI5 did not specifically name the platform, the BBC claims to have learned that the platform in question is LinkedIn.
Interesting. MI5 is the UK’s domestic intelligence agency. The Box usually does not publicity and tries to sidestep the type of information disseminated in some countries; for example, in the US, intelligence agencies proactively accessed computers and took steps to reduce the risk of malware issues. By the way, those servers were running Microsoft software. Microsoft owns LinkedIn too.
Hmmm.
The article points out:
According to MI5, the LinkedIn attacks are wider in scope and directed at staff in government departments and major businesses. Once connected, the scammers try to bait the individuals by offering speaking or business opportunities, before attempting to recruit them to pass on confidential information.
Just another crack in the Microsoft LinkedIn edifice or a signal that the company can no longer manage its software, protect its “customers”, or update a consumer PC without creating problems?
Stephen E Arnold, April 26, 2021
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