70,000 Phishing Emails Sent Impersonating the IRS: How to Stay Protected  You wake up, log in to your Outlook, and find an email waiting in your inbox from support@irs.gov. Much to your confusion, the email claims that you have an outstanding account balance that you must pay immediately, or you will face legal charges.   As it turns out, you’re not the only one to receive this message. According to Bleeping Computer, a phishing campaign was recently discovered impersonating the IRS, with 70,000 spoofed emails…

70,000 Phishing Emails Sent Impersonating the IRS: How to Stay Protected  You wake up, log in to your Outlook, and find an email waiting in your inbox from support@irs.gov. Much to your confusion, the email claims that you have an outstanding account balance that you must pay immediately, or you will face legal charges.   As it turns out, you’re not the only one to receive this message. According to Bleeping Computer, a phishing campaign was recently discovered impersonating the IRS, with 70,000 spoofed emails…

Zooming with the Grandkids, Nieces, and Nephews: Five Free and Easy Video Chat Apps for the Holidays All the kids are doing it, and so can you. If you haven’t hopped onto a video chat with the family yet, the holidays are a great time to give it a whirl. While there are plenty of apps and services out there for video chatting, I put together a quick list of the more no-nonsense options. Broadly…

APT group TA416 reemerges with new changes to its documented tool sets so it can continue launching espionage campaigns. Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group TA416, whose previous activity has been attributed to “Mustang Panda” and “RedDelta,” has resumed attack activity following a brief hiatus, Proofpoint researchers report.  This recent wave of activity appears to be a continuation of previously reported campaigns that have targeted organizations linked to diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the…

Written by Shannon Vavra Nov 23, 2020 | CYBERSCOOP After months of public reporting on a suspected Chinese hacking campaign targeting entities linked with diplomacy between the Vatican and Beijing, the hackers are still trying their luck. Researchers at the security firm Recorded Future first called out hackers affiliated with a group called Mustang Panda in July for their efforts to conduct espionage against targets involved in negotiations about the operations of the Catholic Church in China,…