Celebrities, athletes, and other public figures turn to domain blocking as a form of digital security.

As consumers, we’ve likely run across cautionary tales and product ads focused on identity theft in a variety of media, from television commercials to podcasts and online news sources to local radio.

Identity theft is on the rise, but seniors are much more susceptible to targeted attacks by scammers, with some wiping out ...

VPNs operate through two primary mechanisms — IP address masking and data encryption. When you connect to a VPN, it hides your real IP address by assigning you a new one from its server network, ...

Neal O'Farrell is considered one of the world's longest serving cybersecurity and fraud experts, more than 40 years and counting. As head of the Identity Theft Council, he worked with law enforcement ...

Identity theft is as pervasive as ever: A quick look at the Fraud and ID Theft Maps of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows 841,810 reports of ID theft by the end of September last year, reaching ...

Over the past five years, more than 4.2 million people were victims of cybercrime and fraud, according to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), with potential losses estimated around $50.5 ...

Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Danni Santana spent nine years ...

It’s never been more important to protect your identity online. The rise of AI has led to increasingly sophisticated attacks which can intelligently locate all manner of details about you, including ...

Knowing your data has been compromised is of limited value if you can’t actually do anything to prevent its misuse.

Criminals looking to steal your identity are shopping the dark web. In many cases, they are able to buy your Social Security number and much more for as little as one dollar. Consumer Investigative ...

Lose your smartphone and you could have more to contend with than missed calls and messages, a lost contact list and Wordle withdrawal. Anyone who finds your lost phone will have an opportunity to ...