A report found identity thieves are better at using social engineering to convince people to share personal, financial and business information.

The IRS has released recommendations on how to protect sensitive documents from getting damaged or stolen in the event of severe weather.

In response to the IRS warning against tax-based phishing attempts, the city of Philadelphia released cybersecurity recommendations to protect data.

In the latest The Security Podcasts episode, Tom Thimot, CEO of authID.ai, offers a unique perspective on the concerns raised around ID.me’s technology, where they went wrong with the IRS, and the drawbacks of facial recognition technology. 

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the implementation of mandatory facial recognition in order to access some government services. This may increase cybersecurity and data privacy risks.

Tigran Gambaryan and Matthew Price, two former special agents at the Internal Revenue Service, join the audit and investigations team at the cryptocurrency firm Binance and work to ensure cybersecurity in crypto transactions.

In light of the reports of theft of COVID-19 stimulus checks (which one headline called “​pure hell”​), it’s instructive to look back at recent breaches of IRS systems and processes.