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

