IRS Warns Tax Professionals of Phishing Scam

The Internal Revenue Service IRS has issued a news release warning tax professionals to beware of a new phishing email scam. Cyber criminals posing as state accounting and professional associations have been sending emails to entice their targets to reveal login credentials. Tax practitioners...

legalbitstream.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-605682 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| legalbitstream.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

When Identity Thieves Hack Your Accountant

The Internal Revenue Service has been urging tax preparation firms to step up their cybersecurity efforts this year, warning that identity thieves and hackers increasingly are targeting certified public accountants CPAs in a bid to siphon oodles of sensitive personal and financial data on...

FTC Releases Alert on Tax Identity Theft

The Federal Trade Commission FTC and the Internal Revenue Service IRS are offering consumers a new way to report tax-related identity theft to the IRS online. Tax-related identity theft happens when someone steals your Social Security number to file a tax return and claims your refund. To report...

Tax Guidance as Deadline Approaches

As this year's April 17 tax deadline approaches, NCCIC/US-CERT offers taxpayers guidance to help protect their personal, financial, and tax information. Hackers can take advantage of taxpayers by using social engineering scams to attempt to steal personally identifiable information. NCCIC...

FBI Warns Of Spike In W-2 Phishing Campaigns

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning businesses about a spike in phishing campaigns requesting W-2 information from payroll personnel. In a recent security advisory the FBI warned it has seen an increase since January in reports of compromised or spoofed emails involving W-2 forms. Thes...

IRS Scam Leverages Hacked Tax Preparers, Client Bank Accounts

Identity thieves who specialize in tax refund fraud have been busy of late hacking online accounts at multiple tax preparation firms, using them to file phony refund requests. Once the Internal Revenue Service processes the return and deposits money into bank accounts of the hacked firms' clients...

Cybercriminals target early IRS 2018 refunds now

On Monday, Jan 29th, IRS officially opened its 2018 season. Some taxpayers already filed their taxes and cybercriminals know it too. So, right after two days of the official 2018 season opening, we got phishing messages with a fake refund status Websites: The link in the email leads to a hacked...

File Your Taxes Before Scammers Do It For You

Today, Jan. 29, is officially the first day of the 2018 tax-filing season, also known as the day fraudsters start requesting phony tax refunds in the names of identity theft victims. Want to minimize the chances of getting hit by tax refund fraud this year? File your taxes before the bad guys can...

Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week

Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week is January 29 to February 2, and many federal agencies are offering information and resources to help consumers learn to protect themselves from tax-related identity theft and Internal Revenue Service IRS imposter scams. NCCIC/US-CERT encourages consumers to revi...

Registered at SSA.GOV? Good for You, But Keep Your Guard Up

KrebsOnSecurity has long warned readers to plant your own flag at the my Social Security online portal of the U.S. Social Security Administration SSA -- even if you are not yet drawing benefits from the agency -- because identity thieves have been registering accounts in peoples' names and...

National Tax Security Awareness Week: IRS Helps Taxpayers Protect Against Cyber Criminals

As part of National Tax Security Awareness Week—November 27 to December 1—the Internal Revenue Service IRS is releasing daily security tips to help taxpayers protect their data and identities against tax-related identity theft. US-CERT encourages taxpayers to visit the IRS National Tax Security...

A week in security (September 18 – September 24)

Last week, we kept you updated on our blog about the infected versions of CCleaner that were offered as downloads on the official servers. We also warned you against a fake IRS notice that delivers a customized spying tool, some of the threats currently facing gamers, and a Netflix scam that has...

Fake IRS notice delivers customized spying tool

While macro-based documents and scripts make up for the majority of malspam attacks these days, we also see some campaigns that leverage documents embedded with exploits. Case in point, we came across a malicious Microsoft Office file disguised as a CP2000 notice. The Internal Revenue Service IRS...

A week in security (August 28 – September 3)

Last week, we looked at what actions Kronos can perform in the final installment of a 2-part post. We also dived into Locky, again, a ransomware that just made a comeback, and found that its latest variant as of this writing has anti-sandboxing capabilities. This means that once Locky has...

This Week in Security News

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

August 31, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Jack the Ripper” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! August 31, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: VMware advances applicati...

New Ransomware Email Scam Using FBI and IRS as Bait

By Carolina Email scams have become so common nowadays that every other This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Ransomware Email Scam Using FBI and IRS as Bait...

IRS Warns Tax Professionals of New Scam to Steal Passwords

The Internal Revenue Service IRS, acting in concert with state tax agencies and the tax industry, has issued an IRS Security Summit Alert for tax professionals to beware of a new phishing email scam. Scam operators often use fraudulent e-mails to entice their targets to reveal login credentials...

IRS Launches 'Don't Take the Bait' Series

As part of its Security Summit effort, the Internal Revenue Service IRS will be launching a new educational series called "Don't Take the Bait" on July 11, 2017. As part of the "Protect Your Clients, Protect Yourself" campaign, this series will provide information about phishing scams targeting t...