- The “verified on LinkedIn” functionality is being expanded
- Other sites, such as Authenticity and Behance of Adobe’s content, can now display the same badge
- LinkedIn wants to help fight identity theft and online fraud
Linkedin is expanding a feature designed to combat one of the biggest problems in online affairs – identity theft and authenticity challenges.
The site takes even more its “verified on LinkedIn” function, extending the verification system beyond its platform.
External sites, such as the Authenticity Application and Behance of Adobe’s content, can now also integrate LinkedIn verification, also allowing creators to display the “verified on LinkedIn” badge on their profiles.
Host of new threats
Identity and social engineering are one of the largest cybercrime methods today.
The main criminal organizations, including groups sponsored by the state such as Lazarus North Korean actors, often create false accounts on Linkedin and use them to target high-level people such as CEOs, software developers or government employees.
In fact, one of the biggest crypto flights occurred after Lazarus created a false recruiter profile on LinkedIn and a false work, and invited a blockchain developer for an interview. During the interview process, the developer was abandoned malware, which allowed a flight of around $ 600 million to different token.
This attack campaign has been underway for months, cybersecurity researchers have overcome the IT Dreamjob operation.
Other groups have followed suit on both sides. In addition to creating false recruitment profiles and false jobs, they would also create personalities of false software developers, landing jobs in large companies and using privileged access to steal sensitive data.
“Verified on LinkedIn” was initially launched in April 2023, initially as a free verification system which allows users to confirm their identity, their workplace or their education, using identifiers issued by the government, email addresses or third-party services such as Clear or Microsoft Entrance. Linkedin users who check their identity get a badge added to their profile page, showing other users of the platform that the person is authentic.
A year later, the company expanded this functionality to also include the verification of recruiters in order to combat employment -related scams. Verified recruiters also receive a checkback badge on their profiles.
