The cost of hiring a fraudulent actor extends far beyond wasted salary expenses and, in some cases, has even bankrupted the victims. A single bad hire with the worst intentions can attempt to access anything of financial value, including attempts to gain access to the bank accounts of the business. Companies waste valuable time and resources processing often hundreds of fake applications. Making prevention much more cost-effective than remediation. Organized fraudulent candidates from foreign organized gangs perform their actions, assuming the lowest level of return is the US wage they manage to earn. But from there, access attempts are made to platforms that hold currency (including crypto), attempts to infiltrate malware into applications and internal IT, and attempts to exfiltrate sensitive information about customers that can be resold on the dark web. In the worst case, the cost can bankrupt a business. In the best case, wasted time and effort of hiring, loss of reputation, and cost of employment.
Why are tech companies and government contractors particularly at risk?
Tech companies and government contractors are prime targets because they handle valuable intellectual property, source code, infrastructure credentials and sensitive data that foreign adversaries want to access.
What makes device fingerprinting effective for detecting fake job applicants?
Device fingerprinting analyzes a range of technical signals from each applicant's browser and device to create a unique SHA-256 identifier with high accuracy.
Will cside fingerprinting add latency or block the UI?
No. The fingerprinting script exposes fingerprinting functions on window without affecting rendering, and collection runs asynchronously in the background.
How quickly can cside detect and flag suspicious job applications?
The moment someone visits your careers page, cside starts working in real-time, analyzing device fingerprints and flagging instantly high-risk patterns to your applicant tracking system.