Data security

TIGTA said the IRS does an admirable job addressing cyberthreats, but should improve its documentation of them.

The service is seeing a surge of scams hitting taxpayers via email and text messages touting tax refunds and quick fixes to their tax problems.

Cryptocurrency fraud losses nearly doubled last year in this country, a marked contrast with the rest of the world, where they actually fell by around half.

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

A Senate investigation has concluded that major tax software providers have been sending sensitive personal information to tech companies like Meta and Google.

In July's Cybersecurity for CPAs we learn the importance of never, ever, EVER losing that USB stick your client gave you.

The service and its Security Summit partners revived their summertime campaign to protect confidential client information against identity theft.

The institute kicked off its annual international conference, highlighting its international growth and the ways in which internal auditors are helping companies.

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Contrary to expectations, a study says that remote workers are actually more cybersecurity conscious than their on-site counterparts.

The hacking gang has added more names to its lists of alleged victims from a recent campaign that exploited a vulnerability in a popular file-transfer product.

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

The last year has seen an explosion of AI smartphone apps, but a recent report says three-quarters of them send user data to third parties.

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In June's Cybersecurity for CPAs, we learn that even large companies with strong security can still fall prey to a phishing attack.

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The U.S. garnered a mediocre score for cybersecurity, while Baltic states had an overall strong showing.

The business solutions suite provider released its new privacy-focused Ulaa, which is said to shield user data even from the company itself.

The state of Nevada was found to have had the most cybercrime victims per 100,000 people.

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