It’s tax season, and scammers are a step ahead of filers, Microsoft says

As the digital wolves dress in sheep’s tax forms, Microsoft has thrown a spotlight on a crafty 2024 phishing expedition, unraveled in January, that preys on the unsuspecting herd of early tax filers. The malicious email campaign, purporting to be employees’ tax returns, contained an attachment that, when clicked, directs the user to a phony website that looks like a blurred spreadsheet, with a download documents button marked “confidentials to users[dot]name[at] contoso[dot]com.”

Source: The Register

 


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