The working field is every day more complicated, isn’t it?After the news about the potential introduction of Security Alert Tracking Systems for employees ,  Zone-H deals with a special phishing attack threatening..  employers. 

According to ComputerWorld  , unknown attackers are launching targeted phishing scams from the “looking-for-job” website CareerBuilder.com.

The alarm comes from a network manager who claims that the secutrity system of his company was heavily attacked using phishing techniques that use the lure of phony online resumes.

  The attacker usually approaches managers looking for new job applicants by sending e-mails in which he invites the recipients to visit a website to view a resume provided by link.

Now try to guess what happens to those who click on the link… Bingo!  The website tries to execute a backdoor Trojan to jeopardize the computer.  

According to experts, the scam is very well conceived since  the e-mail sent by the attacker is structured as a real job-application: a cover letter “stating the wish to be considered for employment and claiming the firm hasn't responded to a fax of the resume so the applicant is posting it via a link to a Web site.”The name of the applicant is obviously fake.

A good web filtering system should be enough to block the attack but the first  weapon to neutralize similar scams must be awareness. 

All the job-related web sites could be involved in the scam that’s why experts warned companies to be as careful as ever when looking for new employees through these media.

Anyway, recruiting web sites are the most common solution for job seekers,  and it won’t be easy for companies to change the way they locate job candidates.. Attention, carefulness and an excellent security system are the only solution. Will they be enough?

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