When you make credit card purchases online or over the phone, you'll often need the card's security code to complete the transaction. The security code helps to protect you from credit card fraud and ...

Four digit PIN codes protect everything from your bank account to your cell phone. But if you choose your PIN yourself, chances are your money and data isn’t as safe as you think. ABC News Australia ...

Data breaches that expose the personal information of millions of people can have very real consequences for individuals, most notably: identity theft. A new study found that the more of an individual ...

Regina Morrison Newman is the Shelby County Trustee. She writes the Wallet Warnings regular feature. April is Financial Literacy month. This Wallet Warnings column is about a trend we are seeing in ...

In January, T-Mobile revealed it was hit by a data breach that impacted 37 million customers. Now the company has shared that it has seen another incident. The good(ish) news is this time it’s ...

You'll soon see a big change in how your Gmail account is secured and your two-factor authenticated logins are handled. Google has said it's planning to stop sending 2FA codes via text message to ...

The incoming phone call flashes on a victim’s phone. It may only last a few seconds, but can end with the victim handing over codes that give cybercriminals the ability to hijack their online accounts ...

AT&T reset passcodes after a massive customer-data leak surfaced on the dark web. The company said the leak impacted 7.6 million current and 65 million former account holders. The data included names, ...