"Latest Tax Scams Target Apps and Tax-Prep Websites"

Researchers at Proofpoint found that since it is tax season, the number of e-mail based scams are increasing. One, in particular, uses the legitimate app TeamViewer to take over victims’ systems.  Other email-based attacks this year leverage more traditional malware like The Trick banking trojan.  Also, this tax season crooks are targeting users with new scams that include leveraging remote desktop software and compromising small tax-prep company websites. The adversaries are targeting smaller tax-preparation firms this year because most smaller companies have fewer resources and less expertise to prevent attacks from occurring.  Smaller companies also usually have trouble detecting attacks when they are occurring. 

Threatpost reports: "Latest Tax Scams Target Apps and Tax-Prep Websites"