Several people have pleaded guilty to their roles in tax fraud schemes involving the Internal Revenue Service’s “Get Transcript” database.
The “Get Transcript” online service was launched in January 2014 to allow users to view and download their tax transcripts. The service was shut down in May 2015 after the IRS discovered that it had been abused by fraudsters.
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The Three W’s of Re-evaluating Your Network Security Vendor
When it comes to security vendors, businesses are often resigned to inertia – just keeping up with whatever worked in the past. However, the increasing complexity of the overall enterprise network and security environment, combined with the shortage in skilled staff, make “business as usual” a costly and risky paradigm.
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Information Stealer “Fareit” Abuses PowerShell
Researchers at Trend Micro have spotted a new variant of the Fareit malware being delivered to victims using Windows PowerShell.
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US Drops iPhone Encryption Case After Getting Passcode
The United States government has dropped a case in which it attempted to get Apple to extract information from an iPhone after receiving the passcode to the device.
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GozNym Trojan Targets European Users
The cybercriminals behind the recently discovered GozNym banking Trojan have started targeting users in European countries.
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Malicious Insiders Could Tap Ransomware-as-a-Service for Profit
Ransomware has become a formidable enterprise threat, and researchers suggest that it could allow malicious actors to leverage the growing ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) to cause irreparable damage to organizations.
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HP Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Data Protector
HP has released security updates for various HP Data Protector iterations, in an attempt to patch a series of critical vulnerabilities that could result in remote code execution or disclosure of information.
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Custom Malware Used in $81 Million Bangladesh Bank Heist
Custom Malware Prevented Bangladesh Bank From Detecting Fraudulent Transfers
Researchers at British multinational defense, security and aerospace company BAE Systems believe they have found the pieces of malware used by cybercriminals to steal $81 million from Bangladesh’s central bank earlier this year.
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Healthcare Was Most Attacked Industry in 2015: IBM
Shellshock Vulnerability Played a Major Role in Many Attacks in 2015
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MIT Launches Bug Bounty Program
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has launched a bug bounty program to encourage responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities found on its websites.
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