Internal Revenue Service

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2019
Internal Revenue Service warns taxpayers of a malware campaign

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning of an active IRS impersonation scam campaign sending spam emails to distribute malware. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued an alert to warn taxpayers of a new scam campaign distributing malware. Last week the US agency has received several reports from taxpayers that received spam messages with “Automatic Income […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2016
All current and past Seagate employees victims of W-2 phishing

w-2-phishing – Scammers tricked an employee at data storage firm Seagate Technology into giving away W-2 tax documents on all current and past employees. According to a new sensation case revealed by the popular security expert Brian Krebs, cyber criminals last week tricked an employee at data storage company Seagate Technology into giving away W-2 tax documents on all current and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2016
IRS is warning taxpayers of a new surge in tax-related incidents

It is a nightmare for taxpayers according to an IRS bulletin there is a 400 percent surge in tax-related phishing and malware incidents. This year the IRS already reported 1,026 malware and phishing incidents, compared to 254 this time last year. The IRS is warning taxpayers of newer forms of attacks aiming victims into disclosing […]