Fake LinkedIn profiles are using AI-generated headshots to impersonate companies

Home News Computing (Image credit: Gustavo Frazao / Shutterstock) Creating fake social media accounts to trick people is hardly a new tactic, but there’s something sinister about this new campaign that makes it stand out from the crowd.An in-depth analysis posted to the KrebsOnSecurity blog claims cybercriminals have been using artificial intelligence (AI) to create profile pictures of non-existent people, and pairing that information with job description stolen (opens in new tab) from actual people on LinkedIn. That way they’re creating fake profiles which, for most people, are almost impossible to identify as fake.Numerous use casesUsers have spotted a growing trend where suspicious accounts attempt to access various invite-only LinkedIn groups. Group owners and administrators are only able to spot what’s going on after getting dozens of such requests at once, and seeing that almost all of the profile pictures look the same (as in, same angle, same face size, similar smile, etc.).The researchers say they have reached out to LinkedIn’s customer support, but so far, the platform hasn’t found its silver bullet. One of the ways it’s going about this challenge is requesting certain companies send a full employee list, and then banning all accounts that claim to be working…
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