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Fake IRS Spam Campaign Pushing Zeus Bot
There is a large scale spam campaign underway right now in which attackers are using fairly well-crafted emails that appear to come from the IRS to infect victims with the Zeus bot. The attack has been ongoing for a couple of weeks now, and researchers say that although the attackers have taken...
IRS Security Holes Put Taxpayer Data At Risk
With the deadline for filing U.S. tax returns fast approaching, the U.S. Government’s watchdog agency warns that the Internal Revenue Service still hasn’t implemented steps to secure its IT infrastructure and protect taxpayers’ financial data. The U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO issued ...
Anti-Phishing Group Targeting Fax-Based Scams
The heyday of faxing may have passed twenty years ago, but scam artists haven’t given up on the old technology, especially when it comes to wheedling personally identifiable information out of unsuspecting office workers. Now a leading anti-phishing group is tackling the problem of fax based...
APWG Fax Back Phishing Education Program
In an effort to respond to a growing public threat by offline phishers that conduct various scams via fax, the Anti-phishing Working Group APWG has partnered with the Internal Revenue Service IRS to create the APWG Fax Back Phishing Education Program. This program is designed to provide...
US Tax Season Phishing Scams and Malware Campaigns
In the past, US-CERT has received reports of an increased number of phishing scams and malware campaigns that take advantage of the United States tax season. Due to the upcoming tax deadline, US-CERT reminds users to remain cautious when receiving unsolicited email that could be part of a potenti...
Government Says IRS Systems Still Risky
With tax time rapidly approaching, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service still has not sealed up all of the holes that could allow insiders or external hackers to access taxpayer data, according to a new report. The Government Accountability Office states that the IRS has corrected less than one-thir...
IRS Phishing Scam Targets Corporations
Fake emails claiming to be from the IRS are a variation of the usual IRS phishing expeditions that typically target end users during tax time, but this campaign aims to infect organizational machines through corporate rather than personal email. Read the full article. Infosecurity...
IRS Tax Phishing Scam Circulating
It’s tax season, and that means IRS-related phishing scams are ramping up. One such fake e-mail hitting in-boxes this past week asks “U.S.-based employers” to complete an “updated” version of the government’s W-2 form because of “important changes” within the forms. Read the full article...
IRS Warns of Online Scams
US-CERT is aware of reports of tax season phishing scams. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has issued a news release on its website warning consumers about potential scams. These scams are circulating via fraudulent email or other online messages appearing to come from the IRS. They attempt to...
Zbot Trojan Discovered As Drive-By Download
The notorious information-stealing Zeus trojan is currently spreading via drive-by download. Those behind Zeus, or Zbot, recently began circulating spam claiming to come from the Internal Revenue Service IRS, requesting users submit a “tax refund request form” by clicking on a link that is...
