"Attackers Target Intuit Users by Threatening to Cancel Tax Accounts"

The usual tax-season barrage of cybercriminal activity is already underway with a phishing campaign impersonating the popular accounting and tax-filing software.  Intuit is warning customers of a phishing campaign that threatens to close user accounts if they don't click on a malicious link.  The phishing email is said to come from the Intuit Maintenance Team and informs the recipient that their account has been "temporarily disabled" "due to inactivity" and that it's "compulsory" to restore access to the account within 24 hours.  Though Intuit does not provide information on what happens if users click on the link, the company is warning customers that it is likely malicious and not to click on it nor on any attachment associated with the email.  Intuit recommends that if a customer has followed the email's instructions and clicked on the link, then the user should delete any resulting downloads immediately, scan their system using an up-to-date antivirus program, and change their passwords.

Threatpost reports: "Attackers Target Intuit Users by Threatening to Cancel Tax Accounts"