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Thoughts on hiring, AI, and what's shaping recruiting today — from the Tofu team.
When a bad hire becomes an insider threat
A North Korean IT worker becomes an insider threat the day they are hired. How the access escalates to code theft and extortion, and how to stop it before the o
Why one North Korean IT Worker is rarely just one
Find one North Korean IT worker and there are usually more. Here is how they get hired, and where to look for the rest.
The Collaborator Model: People Who Rent Out Their Names
Some hiring fraud passes every background check because nothing in it is fake. Inside the collaborator model behind North Korean IT worker schemes.
Your Hiring Checks Verify Documents, Not People
Every hiring check verifies paperwork, not people. When documents cost $30 on the dark web, that distinction is how 170,000 fake applications got through.
What Is Candidate Seat Swapping, and How Do You Detect It?
Seat swapping fraud hides because each round looks normal on its own. The signal only appears when you compare rounds. Here's how to catch it.
OFAC Hiring Compliance: How Deepfake Detection Stops Sanctions Fraud
OFAC hiring compliance with deepfake detection stops sanctions fraud before violations occur. Learn how to verify identities and prevent penalties.
Deepfake Detection: Fraud in Remote Hiring
How deepfake and proxy interviewers get through remote video interviews, the red flags recruiters miss, and the detection methods that catch them.
AI Resume Screening: How to Detect Fraud and Hire Faster
How AI resume screening can flag fake applicants as well as rank real ones, what standard ATS filters miss, and where fraud checks fit in.
The True Cost of a Bad Hire: Fraud Detection Methods That Stop Security Incidents Before Day One
What a bad hire costs when the person is a fraud, from wasted recruiting time to insider risk, and the detection steps that stop it before day one.
How to Review Resumes for Fraud: Detection and Prevention Guide
How to spot a fake resume: red flags in content and formatting, metadata checks, cross-referencing LinkedIn, and verifying work history.
Fraud Score: A Complete Guide for Businesses
Learn how your fraud score works - IP detection, device fingerprinting, recruiting fraud prevention, and risk scoring explained.
First-Party Fraud Explained: A Detection and Prevention Guide
How to detect and prevent first-party fraud, where a real identity is used with deceptive intent, in hiring and in finance.
How Do Deepfakes Work? Understanding the Technology and Preventing Fraud
How deepfakes are made with GANs and other neural networks, and the detection methods that catch them in hiring and business fraud.
How Fraudulent Applicants Are Targeting Your Security Team
How fraudulent applicants use deepfakes, synthetic identities, and state-sponsored IT worker schemes to get hired onto security teams.
AI Recruiting Has a Fraud Problem
Deepfakes, assessment cheating, and state-sponsored operatives are getting past manual hiring checks. How AI recruiting fraud works and how to catch it.