Is money missing? Have you noticed a weird file on your devices? Maybe you’ve had an unsettling phone call from someone claiming to be from the government saying you owe taxes. Hitting the reject call ...

Despite rising inflation rates, the U.S. economy is holding up impressively. As of the first quarter of 2024, unemployment is low and inflation – although still elevated – is slowing down. That ...

An iPhone can be hacked. iPhones are less vulnerable than Android, but there are ways around Apple’s security to make hacking possible. Good digital hygiene, which includes using strong passwords and ...

Antiviruses have existed for almost as long as the internet has, and from the very beginning, they have always been a necessity. As the internet prospered, the importance of malware protection only ...

The notification pops up on your phone: it’s a friend request from someone you don’t quite remember, but who lists your college as their alma mater. You have some friends in common, so it probably can ...

As the popularity of social media surpasses traditional news sources, information has grown more unreliable, and “fake news” becomes harder to detect. The same digital platforms that empower global ...

Long before Venmo, Payoneer, Google Pay, and Apple Pay existed, there was PayPal. And now, with hundreds of millions of users, PayPal continues to dominate the digital payment market. Since people and ...

In 2020 and throughout 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic caused an increase in COVID-related scams, including identity theft. On March 29, 2021, the FTC received a record 3,038 COVID-related identity theft ...

We all know gift cards are the perfect presents for people who are hard to buy for. But the only people I know who love gift cards more are scammers. They’ll create complex scenarios involving ...

How many times have you scrolled through bank transactions and the previous online purchases page after a random parcel appears on your doorstep? For a moment, you might think it’s from a secret ...

Tax fraud costs the U.S. nearly $700 billion per year in lost tax revenue according to the IRS.1 One way people commit this fraud is through tax identity theft. By combining tax fraud and identity ...

Over 37,000 cases of employment identity theft were reported in the last year.1 That’s 37,000 people who had issues with their taxes, got audited by the IRS, or had to resolve fraudulent employment ...