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Terrorism as a Tax

2008-05-12 06:29:47 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...tax, and al-Qaeda and its ilk have done better at extracting it from Americans than the Internal Revenue Service. Think about the extra half-hour millions of airline passengers waste standing in security lines; the annual cost in lost work hours runs into the billions. Add to that the freight delays at borders, ports and airports, the cost of...
 
Tags: tax, security, security risks, security countermeasures, security trade-offs, fear tax falls, security lines, beefed-up security forces, percent decline
 
 
 
 
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IRS warns of new online tax scams; protect yourself

2008-03-29 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b2d648 in Network World on Security
 
Scam artists exploiting tax season have devised a range of new online cons: fake tax documents that contain malicious surprises; mass distribution of keyloggers aimed at snatching the identity of PC-based tax filers; and e-mail messages containing links to Web sites that promise new tax code information but instead push malware onto your PC
 
Tags: tax code information, fake tax documents, tax filers, tax season, push malware, online cons, web sites, malicious surprises, scam artists
 
 
 
 
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XSS Comedy III: Tax Cheats with Small Equipment

2008-11-12 16:52:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...taxes and thus need the services of a plethora of scam artists selling tax relief. Nor does it mean that I have any interest in "enhancement" opportunities like Enzyte or ExtenZe I just love people who choose to skip out on a primary obligation of citizenship that most of us choose to meet, and expect to magically turn $100,000 in tax debt...
 
Tags: idr, idr choose, extenze site, extenze, variable, consistent variable, wankers, choose, tax relief
 
 
 
 
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Burglary at Milwaukee tax & accounting firm exposes 600

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2008-02-27 16:36:49 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Tax & Accounting, Inc Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Clients Number Affected 600 Types of Data Names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and bank account numbers Breach Description The office of Kurt Bischoff Tax & Accounting, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin was burglarized on February 21st, 2008 and a desktop...
 
Tags: breach description, breach, data breach page, security breach, data, sensitive personal information, information, data breach, kurt bischoff tax
 
 
 
 
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Tax information exposed in trash

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2008-04-07 13:20:28 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...tax information, business transactions, and social insurance numbers Breach Description The private information of dozens of British Columbians was unearthed from a dumpster in downtown Vancouver and turned over to CTV News over the weekend Reference URL CTV News Report Credit David Kincaid and Jina You, CTV British Columbia Response From...
 
Tags: information, tax information, employees information, information security, information security guidance, guidance, information security professional, security, include names
 
 
 
 
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UK Two-Tier Tax Security System

2008-02-05 14:38:09 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...tax returns is in doubt after HM Revenue and Customs admitted it was not secure enough to be used by MPs, celebrities and the Royal Family Thousands of "high profile" people have been secretly barred from using the online tax return system amid concerns that their confidential details would be put at risk
 
Tags: security, poor security, file tax returns, online computer system, million people, people, royal family, confidential details, profile
 
 
 
 
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The hidden gas tax

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2008-06-27 12:02:59 by HASH0x8b3ae34 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...tax on our economy across the board Have a look at the UPS receipt for a package that was shipped out to me. From a base price of about $22.00, fuel surcharges add another 10 dollars to the bill. That is almost a 50% tax for fuel! Add 50% to the cost of everything you buy and it is easy to see how this energy crisis is pushing us all to the...
 
Tags: gas, weekly gas bills, fuel, gas tanks, fuel surcharges, tax, gas prices, price, base price
 
 
 
 
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The hidden gas tax

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2008-06-27 13:02:43 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...tax on our economy across the board Have a look at the UPS receipt for a package that was shipped out to me. From a base price of about $22.00, fuel surcharges add another 10 dollars to the bill. That is almost a 50% tax for fuel! Add 50% to the cost of everything you buy and it is easy to see how this energy crisis is pushing us all to the...
 
Tags: gas, weekly gas bills, fuel, gas tanks, fuel surcharges, tax, gas prices, price, base price
 
 
 
 
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Software to Facilitate Retail Tax Fraud

2008-09-02 12:24:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...tax officials Zappers alter the electronic sales records in a cash register. To satisfy tax collectors, the tally of food orders, for example, must match the register's final cash total. To hide the removal of cash from the till, a crooked business owner has to erase the record of food orders equal to the amount of cash taken; otherwise, the...
 
Tags: cash, cash register, siphon cash, computer cash registers, final cash total, register, dollar amount, amount, dialogue box
 
 
 
 
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Tax Evasion and Data Leakage Protection

2008-02-26 23:20:36 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
The Sunday Times had an intriguing story worthy of a spy novel this week. In Europe we have three tax friendly (or unfriendly if you are a government) regions. Monaco is the most famous and the home of many celebrities and sports stars. Andorra and Liechtenstein are the other two with Liechtenstein being a favourite
 
Tags: tax friendly, sports stars, sunday times, story worthy, liechtenstein, unfriendly, favourite, famous, home