Antivirus is the guard posted at your hardware, whereas identity security is out on the battlefield. Antivirus works inside ...

To protect your credit, immediately contact your bank and credit card issuer and place a fraud alert with one of the three major credit bureaus: Experian (1-888-397-3742), TransUnion (1-800-680-7289), ...

With 83% of consumers fearing they’ll become identity theft victims within two years and AI-generated scams becoming nearly indistinguishable from legitimate communications, traditional security ...

Identity theft is a major problem -- and it's only gotten worse since the onset of the pandemic as criminals find new and creative ways to extract your personal information online. The good news is ...

The effects of identity theft can be immediately, catastrophically obvious—or you may be compromised for years without knowing it. Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books ...

Identity protection has emerged as a critical component of cybersecurity, addressing the growing threats associated with identity management in an increasingly digital world. As organizations grapple ...

The Internal Revenue Service has issued advice to Americans on how to protect themselves from identity theft. In a news release on Tuesday, the IRS provided details about two tools that can be used to ...

In an age of constant data breaches, protecting your identity is more important than ever. Bitdefender and Norton are our top-rated security suites with ID theft protection, but which one should you ...

Social Security numbers were initially devised in the 1930s to track Americans' earnings and calculate their benefits. Today, they're a nearly universal security feature in a wide variety of accounts, ...

Clint Proctor is a lead editor with the credit cards and travel rewards team at Forbes Advisor. He has five years of experience in personal finance journalism and has contributed to a variety of ...