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Towerwall Information Security Alert Vol 14.07 – Watch out for April Fools scamming on Friday

By Michelle Drolet . 1 Apr 2016

Watch out for April Fools scamming on Friday by Kevin Frey Annually, businesses and organizations often put up jokes or pranks for April Fools’ Day. Google, Starbucks, Amazon, etc. are frequent participants. E.g. Last year, Amazon revamped their site to look their old, original 1999 version… and Google (known for multiples) turned its “Maps” app … Continue reading Towerwall Information Security Alert Vol 14.07 – Watch out for April Fools scamming on Friday →

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Towerwall Security Alert Vol 13.05 – IRS Alerts Payroll and HR Professionals to Phishing Scheme Involving W-2s

By Michelle Drolet . 8 Mar 2016

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service today issued an alert to payroll and human resources professionals to beware of an emerging phishing email scheme that purports to be from company executives and requests personal information on employees. The IRS has learned this scheme part of the surge in phishing emails seen this year already has … Continue reading Towerwall Security Alert Vol 13.05 – IRS Alerts Payroll and HR Professionals to Phishing Scheme Involving W-2s →

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