Fake LinkeIn profile gathering info for targeted attacks
Social networks are great sources of information for cyber criminals and a great way to enter the potential victims’ circle of trust.
An ongoing social engineering campaign targeting LinkedIn users has been using the “professional” social network to popularise a specific dating site but, according to Websense researchers, the final aim of the campaign is likely more sinister.
The attackers have created a fake LinkedIn account under the name Jessica Reinsch, which currently has over 400 connections, and is used both to view the profiles of potential targets and to lead them to the aforementioned dating site (“For younger ladies and mature gentlemen”):
