Security News > 2022 > February > Attackers Target Intuit Users by Threatening to Cancel Tax Accounts

Just in time for tax season, Intuit is warning customers of a phishing campaign that threatens to close user accounts if they don't click on a malicious link.

The attacks on the accounting-software specialist that many people use for filing U.S. income tax forms comes as phishers overall are ramping up more creative and stealthy ways to trick users into installing malware or giving up personal data.

One security professional said he was not surprised to learn of such an engineered attack on Intuit and expects that more will come as we get deeper into tax season.

"These kind of attacks are certain to ramp up during tax season, as we are seeing now."

Phishers have been escalating attacks with vigor lately, using more creative ways to both trick users into taking the bait as well as to hide their activity.

Other recent phishing attacks aimed at stealing credentials found scammers using a legitimate Google Drive collaboration feature and leveraging the "Comments" feature of Google Docs, respectively, to trick users into clicking on malicious links.

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https://threatpost.com/attackers-intuit-cancel-tax-accounts/178219/