Two Evil Schemes Merged

February 3, 2017

In the W-2 phishing scam, the bad guy sends an email pretending to be an executive requesting the firm’s payroll tax data.

In the business email compromise, the bad guy sends an email pretending to be an executive sending wire transfer instructions.

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The IRS is warning about a new scam that combines the W-2 scam and the business email compromise into a merged scam.

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$1 Trillion Email Cyberattack

February 2, 2017

Lloyd’s of London (the insurance company) and the University of Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies did a study estimating the losses that could result from a cyberattack on the power generation system of the United States.

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