Archives: Phishing

Best Cybersecurity Practices for Healthcare Organizations – Ransomware Prevention

This article is part of a series of blog posts exploring the recommendations and guidance Health & Human Services (HHS) provides to healthcare organizations in its “Cybersecurity Best Practices” report. For previous articles in the series, click here. The report on cybersecurity best practices (Report) is not the first time HHS has discussed the prevalent … Continue Reading

A New Tax Season, but the Same W-2 Spear Phishing Scam

By David Kitchen and David M. Brown on January 22, 2018 Posted in Phishing

According to the IRS, the IRS saw the number of businesses, public schools, universities, tribal governments and nonprofits victimized by W-2 scams increase to 200 in 2017 from 50 in 2016. Those 200 victims translated into several hundred thousand employees whose sensitive data was stolen. In some cases, the criminals requested both the W-2 information … Continue Reading

Tax Season Is in Full Swing: Beware of the W-2 Spear Phishing Scam

By Patrick H. Haggerty on January 13, 2017 Posted in Phishing

Last year we saw an unprecedented number of companies of all sizes fall victim to a W-2 spear phishing scam. The scam usually began with a “spoofing” email that appeared to have been sent by a company’s CEO or CFO to one or more employees in the human resources or payroll department. The email typically … Continue Reading