Hiring Processes Are Under Attack

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20/8/2025

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Could your colleague be interviewing an imposter right now?

Threat actors are infiltrating Fortune 500 companies by directly targeting the hiring process itself, requiring a reconsideration of HR and recruiting workflows–targets that traditional cybersecurity measures largely overlook.

This whitepaper reveals:

  • Why the threat extends beyond North Korea to include overemployment, stand-in interviewees, and more
  • How fraudulent candidates abuse GenAI to create synthetic identities and real-time deepfakes to fool recruiters
  • The Hiring Kill Chain detailing the steps adversaries take to infiltrate the recruitment pipeline
  • Practical countermeasures from cybersecurity experts including policy, processes, and technology
  • Risk assessment framework outlining the risks of candidate fraud across corporate functions