As tax deadlines approach, Emotet malware disguises itself in an IRS email
With just a few weeks until the April 15 deadline for US individuals and businesses to file their tax returns, scammers are as busy as ever. Security researchers at Cofsense have warned that they have seen a number of malicious email campaigns which pose as communications from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The emails which purport to come from “IRS.gov”, claim to contain tax forms (such as a W-9) that need to be filled out by the recipient.