Social Engineering Attacks to be Aware of This Tax Season
Cybercriminals can be sophisticated in how they work to steal information, but there are steps that anybody can take to avoid falling victim to a social engineering scam, especially during tax season. Learn more.
FortiGuard Labs Threat Research
Deja Vu All Over Again: Tax Scammers at Large
FortiGuard Labs covers the Kadavro Vector ransomware, distributed as fake Tor browser installers, that encrypts files and demands a ransom in Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency for file decryption.
The Darkweb and Tax Season
It seems like every season has an angle that hackers and scammers use to prey on unsuspecting individuals. We just managed to make it through the holiday season and now we are besieged with people trying to take advantage of us during tax season.
FortiGuard Labs Threat Research
IRS Notification? No, It is a Scam
In every country and region in the world, tax season is also a time when we see a spike in scams, phishing, and targeted malware. The tax return season in the US is coming to the end. Have you filed your tax return yet? Did you receive any notifications from the IRS (the Internal Revenue Service) in your email? We did, but not from the real IRS. (Remember, the IRS never communicates important information with taxpayers by email.) FortiGuard Labs recently collected a number of malware samples related to the current tax season in the US....
