Kasperskys researchers warned LinkedIn about a security flaw that could put at risk their 360 million users and exposing them to spear phishing attacks. LinkedIn fixed the vulnerability and said: While certain HTML content should be restricted and we have issued a fix; the likelihood of exploit on popular modern email platforms is unlikely The big risk is that with a specially crafted spear. crafted. a. specially crafted. campaign a crook can steal. credentials and most probably gain control of their victims. assets, doing all this without the need of social engineering.”]
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