Job scams impersonate companies still hiring following tech layoffs

Summary

In the midst of significant layoffs hitting the previously immune tech industry, scammers have mobilized and doubled down on targeting job seekers with various employment scams. Stealing personal information and extorting victims for money, these scams leverage fake job postings, sites or portals, and forms, wrapped in social engineering to attract job seekers.

The Zscaler Threatlabz team observed multiple suspicious job portals and surveys used by attackers to solicit information from job seekers under the guise of employment application …

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