Even though consumers’ annual tax day has long passed, savvy cybercriminals are still focused on fleecing business accounting software users with a new wave of tricky phishing scams.
According to a notice at the Intuit website, customers of its popular QuickBooks accounting program have received phishing emails warning users their accounts have supposedly been “suspended.” The realistic-looking emails are aimed at duping QuickBooks users to share their financial data or provide access to their accounts.
The notification from the long-established financial software giant explained how phishing works, and advised QuickBooks users not to click links or open attachments from potentially suspicious emails. It also went on to say: “Intuit has recently received reports from customers that they have received emails similar to the one below. This email did not come from Intuit. The sender is not associated with Intuit, is not an authorized agent of Intuit, nor is their use of Intuit’s brands authorized by Intuit.”
Typical phishing emails sent out by attackers falsely representing the accounting software’s support team have gone out to QuickBooks users as recently as last month, reading:…
