Cyber attacks

Hegseth's IRS notice; CPA exam questions; spotting cyberattacks; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Local measures galore; AI to the rescue; franchisees' checklist; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Plus, Crowe solution streamlines financial spreading process; Patriot Software releases new payroll, compliance tools; and other accounting tech news.

A recent study looked at the impact of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation and found that firms lost some value but, at the same time, suffered fewer data breaches.

After 500 internal penetration tests conducted from 2021-2023, RSM professionals found only 1.6% of organizations had no vulnerabilities at all. Most had around eight.

An international coalition of tax authorities has released a list of possible risk indicators for cryptocurrency-related crimes, many of which have to do with privacy and anonymity.

Given the financial and reputational repercussions, accounting firms must look for advanced solutions to stay ahead of cybercriminals. One is opting for managed security services.

Not only are ransomware attacks growing dramatically, 90% of IT decision-makers have made at least one payment in the last year.

The Internal Revenue Service urged tax professionals to steer clear of so-called "spearphishing" scams from cybercriminals, including identity thieves posing as new clients.

If an affected business has a cybersecurity incident and is found to be noncompliant, the owner can be subject to civil or criminal prosecution.

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.