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Tag Archives: IRS
IRS estimate of stolen tax records balloons to over 300,000
A wider analysis shows that attackers used the IRS’s Get Transcript app – now gone, and good riddance! – to roll around in far more records than first thought. 
Chet Chat Podcast 211 – A virus on a *Mac*? Is NOTHING sacred?
Episode 211 of our weekly security podcast – a quarter-hour of news with attitude. Enjoy. Update Tuesday, Firefox’s zero-day, more Android bugginess, a firmware virus for your Mac …and a tax fraudster busted.
Facebook tax refund scam earns Arizona woman 6 years in jail
An Arizona woman has been sent to jail for six years for masterminding a tax rebate scam which used Facebook to find and target unemployed people for identity theft.
Authentication is all around us! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our latest “60 Second Security” video – catch the week’s security news in just 1 minute.
IRS announces 2016 anti-fraud arrangements – but do they go far enough? [POLL]
As a result of the IRS breach announced in May 2015, changes are afoot in how US tax returns will be authenticated in 2016. Are they enough? Have your say in our poll…
Twin brothers accused of leading phishing gang busted by Russian police
The twins had purchased an armored door for their apartment, and they set up text message alerts to warn their associates to destroy evidence once the police showed up. It wasn’t enough to keep the cops out, or themselves out of jail.
SSCC 200 – If you can’t trust the IRS, whom can you trust? [PODCAST]
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin as they dissect the latest security news in our weekly podcast. It’s entertaining and educational – news you can use!
Hackers compromise 100,000 IRS tax accounts with pre-stolen data
The Internal Revenue Service has confirmed that attackers accessed 100,000 taxpayers’ accounts using personal data stolen elsewhere.