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Tips to Avoid Tax Season Scams

January 28, 2011 – 7:01 am

By Jeff Horne, Director, Threat Research As tax season rolls around again in the US and UK, it seems like a good time to revisit the perils taxpayers face seemingly every year at around this time. Phishing attacks against taxpayers are already in full swing — not that they haven’t been going continuously since last [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in hijack search results, Internet Explorer, Passwords, phishing, Phishing Trojans, social engineering, Threat Research | Tags: CRA, HMRC, IRS, phishing, tax, tax phishing, tax refund, tax scams, tax tips | Comments (1)

8 Tips for Filing Taxes Online Safely

April 6, 2010 – 9:22 am

By Mike Kronenberg Getting ready to file your taxes online — and doing it at the last minute? Well, cyber-scammers are ready for you. Thieves are schemers, and they’ve got a bag full of tricks to steal your identity. You might even be doing things to make their job easier. And if you use a [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Keyloggers, Passwords, phishing, Phishing Trojans, social engineering | Tags: fraud, HMRC, internal revenue service, IRS, keylogger, phishers, phishing, tax, taxes | Comments (3)

Tax-Themed Phishing Scams Cross More National Borders

February 10, 2010 – 4:06 pm

By Andrew Brandt Sometimes, the early bird gets the worm — and not in a good way. People who file their tax returns early are being targeted by a phishing scam that comes with the promise of a big income tax refund. Unlike previous tax-themed scams, which have been based on the stick — fake [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in phishing, social engineering, spam | Tags: 820.50 rupees, Abbey, Agence du revenu du Canada, Alliance Leicester, Barclays, Cahoot, Canada Revenue Agency, click on your bank's logo to continue, CRA, Egg, Halifax, HMRC, HSBC, Income tax Department, India, Lloyds TSB, Ministry of Finance, NatWest, phishing, RBS, Tax Refund Online Form, Where's My Refund | Comments (3)

Lazy Phishers Just Email the Phishing Web Page to You, Now

October 26, 2009 – 7:44 pm

By Andrew Brandt It was a particularly busy weekend for spammers, especially the creepy, evil ones who are trying to steal information (as opposed to the merely scungy pill vendors and their ilk). Webroot’s Threat Research team has recently seen a glut of phishing messages which, like most, purport to come from banks and ask you to update [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Phishing Trojans, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: Bank of America, FDIC, FDIC has officially named the bank, FDIC phishing, Hallmark, HMRC, IRC, phishing, phishing spam, Progdav, spam, Trojan-Backdoor-Progdav, Western Union, You got a postcard from someone who cares for you, Zbot | Comments (9)

IRS Tax “Warning” Fraud Crosses the Pond, Targets the UK

October 14, 2009 – 12:01 am

By Andrew Brandt For several months, we’ve been seeing spam and phishing Web sites which purport to be IRS notifications of delinquent non-payment of income taxes. Who can blame the fraudsters — almost no three letter agency of the US government inspires more dread and fear than good old Internal Revenue. In the UK, the [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Keyloggers, Phishing Trojans, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: HMRC, IRS, phishing, Trojan-Backdoor-Progdav, Zbot | Comments (16)

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