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It is tax time again in the US.  And that means scammers are out there trying to steal your information.  Targeting calendar-based events enables threat actors to prepare ahead of time and have a new selection of targets on rotation.  This report covers a few examples of malware that take advantage of tax season.  Although such attacks may seem repetitive to the casual observer, threat actors would not continue to target taxpayers if previous attacks had not been successful.  And they were.[1]

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US Tax Day has come and gone.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the US has delayed the filing deadline to July 15^th.  That is great news for many, AND additionally many taxpayers will be eligible for the US New Economic Stimulus program.  The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is now issuing warnings to alert the US public about a flood in Corona Virus-related scams over email, phone calls, or social media requesting personal identifying information (pii) while using the pandemic economic impact paymen