The Counter Threat Unit (CTU), the Dell SecureWorks research team, uncovered an initiative by an Iran-based threat group it dubbed #threat group 2889, to create a network of fake #linkedin profiles for “obtaining confidential #information they can use for cyber espionage purposes.”
The team said the intent of the group was to use what researchers called “convincing profiles” in a self-referenced network to zero in on victims through #social engineering.
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