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Tax-season phishing

Recurring tax‑season phishing campaigns target taxpayers and accounting professionals with IRS/CPA/W‑2 lures, PhaaS kits, QR/HTML attachments and multi‑stage redirects to harvest credentials, bypass MFA, and deliver info‑stealers and remote‑access malware while abusing legitimate services and RMM tools.

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Cybercriminals Abuse IRS and Tax Filing Lures to Push Malware in New Campaigns2026-03-31TruecybersecurityNews.com
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Tax Filing Scams Used to Deliver Malware in New Cybercrime Campaigns2026-03-31TrueGBHackers
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Cybercriminals Exploit Tax Season With New Phishing Tactics2026-03-30TrueInfosecurity Magazine (News)
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Tax Season Terror: Phishing Campaigns Weaponize Urgency to Deliver Remote Access Tools2026-03-24Truesecurityonline.info
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Microsoft Warns IRS Phishing Hits 29,000 Users, Deploys RMM Malware2026-03-23TrueThe Hacker News
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When tax season becomes cyberattack season: Phishing and malware campaigns using tax-related lures2026-03-19TrueMicrosoft Security
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Threat actors leverage tax season to deploy tax-themed phishing campaigns2025-04-03TrueMicrosoft Security
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2019 Tax Season — Taxes, Phishing, and New Scams2025-04-02TrueZscaler Security Research Blog
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Microsoft Warns of New Tax Returns Phishing Scams Targeting You2024-03-21TrueHackRead
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Microsoft Threat Intelligence unveils targets and innovative tactics amidst tax season2024-03-20TrueMicrosoft Security
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Tax Season is Upon Us, and So Are the Scammers2024-01-31TrueProofpoint Blog
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