09 Apr Microsoft Threat Intelligence Unveils Targets And Innovative Tactics Amidst Tax Season
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Sausalito, Calif. – Apr. 9, 2024
Cybercriminals use social engineering during holidays and important events like tax season to steal user information, according to Sherrod DeGrippo, director of threat intelligence strategy at Microsoft.
The new Microsoft Threat Intelligence tax season report outlines some of the various techniques that threat actors use to craft their campaigns and mislead taxpayers into revealing sensitive information, making payments to fake services, or installing malicious payloads. These include phishing emails, text message phishing (smishing), malicious advertising, and voice phishing (vishing).
The Microsoft report also shows how threat actors impersonate tax payment processors in phishing emails, what cybercriminals are looking for and who they are targeting, how they can get your data, and, most importantly, how you and your organization can stay safe. Although these are well-known, longstanding techniques, they’re still highly effective and are amplified even more during this time of year.
DeGrippo joined our Editor-in-Chief Steve Morgan on the Cybercrime Magazine Podcast to discuss tax season threats and cybersecurity tips for filers. Listen to the Interview
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