'Impersonation As A Service' The Next Big Thing In Cybercrime
The Register, Thursday, August 21st, 2025
Underground forums now recruiting English-speaking social engineers
English speakers adept at social engineering are a hot commodity in the cybercrime job market.
According to threat detection and response firm ReliaQuest, English-language social engineering is among the most in-demand skill sets on underground forums, with the number of job advertisements mentioning this particular talent more than doubling between 2024 and 2025. The security shop tracked 4 of these types of job listings last year, compared to 10 as of July 2025.