Tax Scammers Launch a Raft of Fake Mobile Apps

guest · Apr 12, 2019

Tax Scammers Launch a Raft of Fake Mobile Apps
April 12, 2019
https://threatpost.com/threatlist-tax-scammers-launch-a-raft-of-fake-mobile-apps/143728/

According to RiskIQ numbers, the internet is awash in crafty schemes and dangerous threat campaigns that exploit the convenience of popular e-filing systems such as H&R Block and TurboTax. These are being carried out via phishing pages, domain infringement and, in record numbers, fake mobile apps.

“RiskIQ is seeing a spike in these outside-the firewall-threats with attacks fooling consumers into downloading malware, using compromised sites, or giving up their login credentials and credit-card information,” the firm said in its report, released this week.
Mobile Apps
In an automated crawl of mobile app stores, RiskIQ found 4.2 million total mobile apps matching common tax keywords and brands. Out of those, 30 percent or 1.2 million were blacklisted, i.e., found to be exhibiting suspicious behavior.

Obviously apps from third-party sites like Ninestore should always be viewed as potentially dodgy, but RiskIQ said that even the official Apple App Store and Google Play have also been observed hosting malicious tax-season apps.
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RiskIQ’s 2019 Tax Season Threat Roundup (PDF - 1.96 MB): https://cdn.riskiq.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Tax-Scam-Research.pdf

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