Cyber attacks

Tax cuts losing steam; cyberattack follow-up; introducing the CSR; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Data shows that people lost at least $1.56 billion in 2023 from cryptocurrency-related fraud schemes.

What can firms do to minimize the risk of being the victim of a cyberattack? Here are five key security tips to protect your firm this busy season.

In this month's Cybersecurity for CPAs, a firm takes steps to make sure people still follow the safety rules they instituted during work for home.

Top 25 firm Armanino released Audit Ally, a SOC 2 examination tool.

Accountants and tax pros need to take steps to protect themselves as they start the countdown to April 15.

GUILTY4EVER; lack of security; just trust me; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

In this month's cybersecurity for CPAs, we look at a small firm whose cybersecurity was not keeping up with the times.

What good is a door you don't close? What's the point of going through all the trouble of having a secure space if someone can just walk right in?

New and emerging threats are taking security worries to new heights.

How CPA firms can mitigate these risks with a hosting partner.

A recent survey has found internal auditors are optimistic about the economy and about the availability of talent going into 2024 despite ongoing risks in both areas.

Whether it is maintaining secure databases for client information or keeping employees safe from phishing attacks, cybersecurity should be a top priority.

By clicking on malicious links and then entering your login information, you risk letting cybercriminals pretend to be you and send out $250,000 worth of fake invoices.

Only four companies said the events were "material."

A recent report from estimates that if the internet were shut down entirely around the world for one day, it would cost the global economy about $43 billion.

Neither the IRS nor Congress has specifically addressed the tax deductibility of ransomware payments made to hackers, nor has FASB.

The service wants practitioners, particularly in smaller tax practices, to use a new template to create a data security plan.

Internal audit has become a necessary line of defense in organizational management of these risks

Cyber-defenses; Tax Gap inaccuracy; a new retirement age; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.