Washington News
Guard Against Spear Phishing Emails
As cybercriminals continue to target tax professionals with increasingly sophisticated attacks, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and its Security Summit partners are reminding practitioners to remain vigilant against phishing and related cyber threats that can compromise sensitive taxpayer information.
As part of the annual "Protect Your Clients; Protect Yourself" campaign, the IRS highlighted several evolving attack methods, including phishing emails, text message scams ("smishing"), spear phishing, clone phishing, whaling attacks targeting firm leadership, as well as the increasingly common "new client" scam. In the “new client” scam fraudsters pose as prospective...
