The 5 Deadly Clicks: The Links You Should Never Touch

Here's a scary scenario. You're innocently surfing the Web, maybe on an unfamiliar site, not paying close attention. Suddenly your computer screen fills with...

7 Credit Mistakes That Could Wreck Your Retirement

Yes, just like clockwork it happened again this year: I got older. As of this week, the Beatles song, "When I'm Sixty-Four," went from...

7 Steps to Deal With HR Looking at Your Credit Report

Employers don't like surprises. They want to know everything there is to know about you, which is why you shouldn't be surprised to learn...

Politics Aside, Is Obamacare Secure?

It's the biggest change in health care in nearly half a century, and perhaps unsurprisingly it's already become a tool for scammers. Though open...

The New American Dream: It’s Not What You Think

A great number of Americans are redefining the American Dream. That was the takeaway from a recent Credit.com poll, which showed that nearly one...

The Car Hacks That Could Cost You Big Time

With AAA predicting the biggest Labor Day travel weekend since the recession hit, many Americans will be stealing away for that final summer trip....

The Secret to Beating a Car Dealership

As the first snap of the football season approaches, baseball builds to the crescendo of the World Series and duck hunting season is less...

9 Household Items That Could Be Spying on You

For Americans concerned about their privacy, the NSA data grabs are daunting, but what about the data grabs happening inside your own home, perpetrated...
Children and data

7 Huge Mistakes Back-to-School Shoppers Make

If you have kids in school -- K through 12 or college -- you don't need anyone to remind you that back-to-school season has...

Smartphone Theft: What You Can Do To Protect Yourself From ‘A...

Just by casually reading of the papers, you knew that smartphone theft was a problem. But who knew it was this bad? The number of...

5 Things You’re Doing That Could Make Your Life Hell

Navigating your way through life is hard enough without those hopefully rare moments when you are stressed out or distracted and press the wrong...
Debt

10 Really Dumb Things You Do With Credit Cards

Like it or not, we are a credit card culture. They seem to be everywhere. They are on TV, being promoted by the likes...

9 Things You Need to Do When Your Email Is Hacked

For many people, the first sign that their email has been hacked comes when a friend shoots them a text or an email saying,...

Is Your State Selling Your Medical History For Pennies?

Unfortunately, the answer to the question in the headline is probably yes. More than half the states release some identifying information about your health...

14 Dangerous Emails That Could Be in Your Inbox

It's ubiquitous -- "Dialing-For-Dollars" version 3.0: a gateway to irresistible deals; an antidote to loneliness; a pathway to riches (either earned or not); a...

How to Prepare for Any Disaster

Disasters disrupt life in unimaginable ways, making those affected much more vulnerable to secondary disasters -- the kind caused by criminals. I've been through...

11 Really Dumb Things You Do With Your Email

As political battle lines are drawn over the case of Edward Snowden and the NSA's sophisticated program of electronic surveillance, it's easy to forget...

The Top 3 Ways To Prepare For The Coming Cyber Crash

Here is news that won’t stop the presses. We live in an age of hype. Every new product is THE NEXT BIG THING...

The 10 Commandments of Summer Travel

Summer travel often makes us think of the Divine. If the flight is bumpy, we pray to God for a safe return to earth....

The Identity Theft Flu: 5 Ways to Keep Yourself Healthy

Identity theft is a lot like the flu. You can do everything right -- minimize your risk of exposure and so forth -- but...