Spyke
lemmy.ca

Wait, they hired someone without even having a video call?

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floofloofreply
lemmy.ca

Maybe they lied in the call and said they weren't a North Korean hacker. That would be the kind of devious thing a hacker might do.

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Shadowreply
lemmy.ca

They submitted a deep fake photo and never did a call.

To prevent a repeat, KnowBe4 is advising its peers in the industry to consider interviewing prospective employees on a video call to ensure they’re real

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lemmy.world

Holy shit, this is classic. The next time I let my ADHD get the better of me and I accidentally click on a link in a spoof phishing email (and, yes, try to log in to whatever account they told me there was a problem with because I'm an idiot, you're so perfect, shut up) sent as a test by the IT department which results in them requiring me to take some KnowBe4 refresher course, I'm sending them this article and telling them "This one is a freebie."

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nexusbandreply
lemmy.world

As someone managing KnowBe4 for our Clients, I'd actually let you pass with it... ;D

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Ohh cool. Some of our security training is from them. Always seemed to be the most basic stuff too. Pretty awful they couldn't take the most basic step to ensure a person is who they say they are.

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Oh lol, my company is/was using them to produce testing phishing emails to determine if employees can spot them. It is quite ironic they fell for the ultimate phish.

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Hey now, it's even on the USA visa application:

Do you seek to engage in or have you ever engaged in terrorist activities, espionage, sabotage, or genocide? ☐

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Did you expect there to be a portrait of Kim in the background?

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Probably was for a high stress, high turnover position where anyone competent and breathing would do.

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Seems weird...but I have totally done two different job interviews where nobody has their camera on.

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lemmy.world

They didn't do one in this case, but I have heard stories of these sorts of malicious actors paying people stateside or elsewhere to take the video interviews. I've had to do ID checks on video in recent-ish interviews.

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And with deepfakes they could make the video call look like the person in the fake photo they sent.

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reddwarfreply
feddit.nl

Business outsources work they were hired to do : smart business! Employee outsources his work he was hired to do: scam!

I hate that.

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This is what would freak me out about work-from-home. If you can do your job from your living room, someone can probably also do it from China (and for a lot less money).

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