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Job Seekers Targeted by Scammers in Mobile Phishing Campaign

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Campaign discovered by Zimperium zLabs targets Android mobile phones and aims to distribute a variant of the Antidot banking trojan .

A key tactic employed by the attackers involves masquerading as a job recruiter or HR representatives from well-known organizations.

Victims are enticed to respond to fraudulent emails, carefully crafted to resemble authentic job offers or requests for additional information.

Attacks on job seekers aren’t limited to mobile phones, says DHI ’s Levy .

“We’re seeing this on LinkedIn , Facebook, TikTok , and Instagram .” “Be careful what you sideload on an Android device,” Levy cautioned.

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