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SOC analysts face blizzardlike conditions during tax season as false positives pile up and legitimate tax fraud alerts are liable to fly under the radar.
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Nobody likes tax season. Except perhaps the cybercriminals who are successfully scamming users into sharing their W-2 information. Year over year, the number of IRS-related phishing scams targeting individuals and companies continues to grow, putting … Continue reading Combating W-2 Fraud, An Avalanche of False Positives and Wasted Time
‘Tis the season for tax fraud and identity theft via tax-related scams. Tax fraud has been on the rise for years, and nearly 1 out of every 2 Americans are at increased risk for tax fraud due to the Equifax breach. 145 million America… Continue reading Stay Safe in the Tax Season after Equifax
Christina Warren was about 12 years old when she started receiving credit card bills. After that, she started getting collection notices. It was at that point that her parents had to convince the creditors that their daughter’s identity had been stolen. Continue reading Babies’ data being sold to tax fraudsters on the dark web
IBM X-Force researchers discovered that the volume of spam email campaigns carrying tax fraud scams rises sharply during the months surrounding tax season.
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What are some ways you can protect your information (and identity) during tax season? Here are tried and true tips to help ease the stress.Categories: 101
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Phishing scams topped the IRS’s Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2017 Continue reading Watch out for phishing scams when preparing your tax return
Over 600 fake call center employees in India were detained early last week for suspicion of conducting fraudulent or scam calls to US taxpayers while posing as IRS agents.Categories: Business
Security worldTags: fake call centersIRS tax fraudrogue cal… Continue reading Multiple scam centers raided in India for IRS fraud
A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from September 11th to September 17th. This week, we talked about DetoxCrypto ransomware, a tax fraud campaign, malvertisement on adult sites, and phishers having a bad day.Categories: Security wor… Continue reading A week in security (Sep 11 – Sep 17)
Tax havens around the world act as legal shelters for organized crime groups, wealthy individuals, multinational corporations and more.
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