The IRS is warning taxpayers about a snowballing email attack that uses messages pretending to be legitimate IRS communications. The emails contain a link to a spoofed IRS.gov website that displays fake details about the targeted recipient s tax refund, return or account. The end game for the effort is malware being installed on unsuspecting users machines; imposters may gain control of the computer or secretly download software that tracks every keystroke, eventually giving them passwords to sensitive accounts. The attacks are working, despite the fact that it’s outside of traditional tax season for most Americans.
Source: https://threatpost.com/irs-impersonation-attacks-malware-nationwide/147701/