14 Arrested in Romania for £47 Million UK Tax Phishing Scam

14 arrested in major HMRC phishing scam raids across UK & Romania. Learn about the multi-million-pound tax fraud operation...

UK government sounds alarm on tax scams

The UK government has issued a warning for people to be on their guard against fake tax rebate scams as they gearing up to fill out their 2021/22 tax returns. Ensuring your self-employed documents are correct and accurate can be a complicated business at the best of times. Having to worry about...

Annoyingly Believable Tax Refund Scam Targets Mobile

A text message-based tax scam is making the rounds in the U.K., in a probable harbinger of things to come as the U.S. tax season gets underway in earnest. SMS messages are going out to unsuspecting U.K. citizens claiming to be from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs HMRC, the country’s...

A week in security (September 14 – 20)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at Fintech industry developments, specifically the differences between Europe and the US, and we analyzed how some charities and the advertising industry are tied together. We also told readers about what companies can do to counter domain name abuse. In...

A week in security (September 10 – 16)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we assessed the security of a portable router, identified ways to waste a scammer's time, named the many faces of omnichannel fraud, questioned the security of 2FAs, profiled a massive tech support scam operation, and exposed a new HMRC phishing campaign. Other...

HMRC phish swipes email login, payment details

It's not tax season in the UK, but that hasn't deterred scammers from sending out mail looking to swipe both card details and email logins in one fell swoop. The email, which claims UKGOV has issued a tax refund to the tune of 542.94 GBP, arrives under the following title, which is spectacularly...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29594: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 23, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54298 First Published: 2017 June 23 20:59 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29594 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29589: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 23, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54294 First Published: 2017 June 23 13:46 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29589 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID18590: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on October 9, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 41465 First Published: 2015 October 9 15:23 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID18590 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID17795: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on September 5, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 40868 First Published: 2015 September 8 13:45 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID17795 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID16464: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 6, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 39758 First Published: 2015 July 7 19:21 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID16464 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID11012: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 7, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 35223 First Published: 2014 August 9 02:08 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID11012 may contain the following files: Name | Si...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Tax Information Document Email Messages on May 7, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34150 First Published: 2014 May 7 13:40 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a fake tax information document for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Tax Report Request Email Messages on January 20, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 32492 First Published: 2014 January 21 16:00 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain tax details for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...