The tax filing deadline is almost upon many taxpayers, the cybercriminal groups have launched their aggressive campaign to capture this potential income stream. An IBM X-Force security research team, headed by Martin Steigemann disclosed that the campaign against taxpayers through the use of malware is in full swing. The campaign to spread TrickBot is an external push by the. cybercriminal and phishing groups to spread emails that have something to do with payroll, human resources, and accounting data. Users of this information are the most vulnerable, especially if they are not trained enough to detect a deliberately crafted email message that will always look like a genuine email.”]
Source: https://hackercombat.com/tax-filing-deadlines-and-issue-of-increased-phishing-attempts/