US-22-Wikoff-Talent-Need-Not-Apply.pdf (3 MB)

PwC's Black Hat USA presentation examines job-themed social engineering used by advanced threat actors, with particular attention to North Korea-linked activity tracked as Black Artemis or temp.Hermit. The material describes malicious recruiter-style lures, dream-job themes, and attachments aimed at sectors such as aerospace, defense industrial base, and manufacturing. It uses the campaign evolution to explain initial-access tradecraft, attacker motives, and recognition of social-engineering attempts that exploit employment anxiety and professional opportunity.