Hired to Be Hacked: The Sophisticated Cyberattacks Targeting America's Job Seekers
As online job searching has become the dominant method for finding employment in the United States, it has also become a primary hunting ground for credential thieves and malware distributors. Cybercriminals are deploying fake job listings, impersonating corporate recruiters, and exploiting the emotional urgency of a job search to harvest personal data and infect applicants' devices. The threat is accelerating — and most victims never see it coming.