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Keeping you and your money safe is our top priority, and we have stringent safeguarding measures in place to help protect all our customers. But there are also steps you need to take to protect yourself from fraud....more
Smishing schemes involving Departments of Motor Vehicles nationwide have increased. Scammers are sending SMS text messages falsely claiming to be from the DMV that “are designed to deceive recipients into clicking malicious...more
Ask any chief information security officer (CISO), cyber underwriter or risk manager, or cybersecurity attorney about what controls are critical for protecting an organization’s information systems, you’ll likely find...more
On 12/2/24, the IRS, along with its Security Summit partners, issued an IRS Consumer Alert and cautioned taxpayers to exercise heightened vigilance during their holiday shopping, as scammers are actively seeking personal...more
In recent years, identity theft cases have surged, especially during tax season. According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in 2022, the federal agency identified and prevented USD 5.7 billion in tax-related fraud, and...more
El 3/28/24, el IRS inició su lista anual de la Docena Sucia (“Dirty Dozen”) con una advertencia para que los contribuyentes estén al tanto de la evolución de las estafas de smishing y phishing diseñadas para robar información...more
On 3/28/24, the IRS kicked off its annual Dirty Dozen list with a warning for taxpayers to be aware of evolving smishing and phishing scams designed to steal sensitive taxpayer information. Smishing and phishing scams arrive...more
Today’s mobile workforce means that many employees blend their personal and professional lives on the same devices, possibly putting organizations’ data at risk. During the holiday season, in the search for gifts, low prices,...more
According to a press release, Personal Touch, a home health company located on Long Island, has reached a settlement with New York Attorney General Letitia James for $350,000 for a data breach that occurred in January of 2021...more
“Rejected.” Your pulse quickens as you read the letter your mother received from the IRS after filing her tax return. Someone else filed her taxes before you and collected her refund. You were hoping that money would help...more
...The internet-enabled virtual world of the metaverse is capturing the imagination of so many people that by the end of the decade five billion could be using it, according to a forecast by Citi. The metaverse is also...more
Identity theft and cybercrime are now a multi-billion dollar industry causing severe harm to the individuals affected and the institutions we trust. In recognition of this unfortunate truth and Identity Theft Awareness Week,...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that a plaintiff had standing to sue her former employer for a data breach that exposed her personal information to the “Dark Web” because she...more
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has given new life to a putative class action suit led by a former employee of a company that suffered a ransomware attack, leading to her sensitive information being released onto the Dark...more
CYBERSECURITY - Twilio Hit with Social Engineering Smishing Scheme - We’ve explained smishing schemes before. Smishing is like phishing, but uses SMS texting to deliver malicious code to users’ phones, or tricks the user...more
According to the IRS, the Dirty Dozen represents the worst of the worst tax scams. The Dirty Dozen is a list that is compiled annually by the IRS in order to alert taxpayers, tax professionals and financial institutions of...more
According to The Identity Theft Research Center (ITRC), data breaches in 2021 surpassed the previous record year of 2020 by 17 percent. The incidents ranged from the theft of cryptocurrency (Livecoin went out of business...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 29, 2021 – December 3, 2021... November 29, 2021: The IRS published a news release...more
Not every cybersecurity threat is ransomware. Phishing is cybersecurity’s biggest threat. It’s one of the most common ways hackers can “get into” your organization, and it can result in much more than identity theft. In the...more
Most observers believe that the legal profession is rapidly moving toward so-called “hybrid workplaces,” a term office managers use to describe a mixed-work environment that spans brick-and-mortar law offices, home offices,...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of August 16, 2021 – August 20, 2021... August 17, 2021: The IRS Security Summit series, in...more
Each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) publishes a list of tax-related scams, which it calls the “Dirty Dozen.” This year, it provided a “Dirty Dozen” scam series warning taxpayers of such scams....more
Tax season leaves some Americans rejoicing in their refunds and other grousing about how much they owe. Whatever the case, paying them – whether in one lump sum or throughout the year – it is a civic duty that, while not very...more
The past few months have been hard on many people and businesses. Some of us may even know individuals who lost their job due to the pandemic. Unfortunately, there are always those who prey on the misfortunate...more
Report on Patient Privacy 19, no. 12 (December 2019) - Health care data breaches will have cost the industry $4 billion by the end of 2019, and 2020 is likely to be worse, reports a new survey from Black Book Market...more