Threat Source newsletter (April 14, 2022) — It's Tax Day, and you know what that means
Summary: Cisco Talos reported that attackers use Tax Day as a jumping-off point for scam campaigns spanning bogus emails, fake tax forms sent by mail, and phone calls impersonating the IRS, with pandemic topics like stimulus payments and unemployment benefits added to the mix. Talos researchers also observed campaigns using a new version of the 3LOSH crypter to distribute commodity RATs including AsyncRAT and LimeRAT, and released Snort rules against the RATs and the crypter.
Bottom line: Talos notes there is no skeleton key approach to these scams because they arrive through text messages, phone calls, letters and emails, and no antivirus program will stop a person from believing a convincing caller - leaving user education as the control that has to carry the load.
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