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11/18/2025
5 Reasons Why Attackers Are Phishing Over LinkedIn
The Hacker News
Phishing attacks are no longer confined to the email inbox, with 1 in 3 phishing attacks now taking place over non-email channels like social media, search engines, and messaging apps.
LinkedIn in particular has become a hotbed for phishing attacks, and for good reason. Attackers are running sophisticated spear-phishing attacks against company executives, with recent campaigns seen targeting enterprises in financial services and technology verticals.
But phishing outside of email remains severely underreported — not exactly surprising when we consider that most of the industry's phishing metrics come from email security tools.
Your initial thought might be "why do I care about employees getting phished on LinkedIn?" Well, while LinkedIn is a personal app, it's routinely used for work purposes, accessed from corporate devices, and attackers are specifically targeting business accounts like Microsoft Entra and Google Workspace.
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