Have you verified the identity of the recruiter and the legitimacy of that business? The person on the other end of a phone line could be anyone, from anywhere, as anonymous as the sender of an E-mail. If this request to go a website that wants your SSN came in on an E-mail, would you give your SSN?
If they are legit, they probably want to run a credit check on you, but no website I've ever seen that wanted info for a credit check would ask for it on an unsecured site. I'd tell the recruiter they failed your proficiency test. There's other recruiters out there who are looking for bodies to fill the same jobs as this one. Carl From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 4:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Internet Security and Web page entry To all, This is an open question to all - What are the security risks of the following: I got a call from a recruiter and they wanted me to go to their website, to take a some type of proficiency test, and one of the fields asked for my Social Security Number. I looked at the page and could not find anything to signify that this was a secure website. No 'https://' or lock icon. I called them back and asked the recruiter if they were aware that they were asking for pertinent information on an unsecured website. They stated that they did this all the time. I pointed out that if I entered my Social Security Number on that page and submitted it that it would be sent over the Internet unencrypted and unsecure. What is your take and how should I go about to have them correct this? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
