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AI-Enhanced Candidate Fraud Raises Insider Threat Risks, Huntress Says

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Summary

Huntress cites hiring-fraud figures, including 23.2% of applicants flagged as fraud risks in its September–November 2025 data, and recommends identity checks and contextual assessments to reduce deepfake and insider-threat risks.

Key points

  • Huntress says its Endorsed screening tool flagged 23.2% of applicants as fraud risks from September to November 2025, based on signals including contact details, social profiles, identity traces, and fraud networks.
  • The article cites a Gartner projection that one in four candidate profiles worldwide will be fake by 2028, and a survey finding that 17% of hiring managers have encountered candidates using deepfakes.
  • Huntress warns that fraudulent candidates who bypass hiring checks could create insider-threat risks by gaining access to internal systems.
  • Recommended safeguards include human-led identity checks, biometric or liveness validation, and cross-checking candidates’ digital footprints.
  • The article advises replacing conventional take-home tasks with spontaneous, scenario-based exercises and setting clear policies on candidates’ AI use.

Article Details

Topic
AI-enhanced candidate fraud, including AI-generated applications, deepfakes, and synthetic identities in recruitment

Vendors

HuntressExamples of AI-embellished resumes Huntress has received that use bold language to help a recruiter quickly identify skills that are specifically called out in the job description

Products

Endorsedmore on pure applicant review time. This crazy (and completely unsustainable) stat was pulled from Endorsed, which is our internal applicant screening and fraud detection tool.

Tools

BrightHireWe use tools like Zoom and BrightHire to record and reference candidates throughout the process ZoomWe use tools like Zoom and BrightHire to record and reference candidates throughout the process 

Industries

recruitmenta reality defined by high-volume, automated deception. In this third series of our recent blogs about recruitment scams, we’ll examine data and the sheer scale of AI-driven deception in hiring today.Technologytheoretical: data shows that 17% of hiring managers report encountering candidates using deepfake technology at some point in their hiring process. These successful breaches can lead not just to hiring failures

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