Privacy Tips While Using Mobile Devices on the Go #2

Your mobile devices – including smartphones, laptops and tablets ‒ are always within reach everywhere you go, whether for work, travel or entertainment. These...
Credit Card

Look to EMV chip cards for recent rise in digital credit, debit fraud attempts

Those fraud-fighting, chip-enabled credit cards seem to be everywhere now and—credit card fraud activity is up dramatically. That might actually be a good thing,...

Privacy Tips While Using Mobile Devices on the Go

Your mobile devices – including smartphones, laptops and tablets ‒ are always within reach everywhere you go, whether for work, travel or entertainment. These...
Donald Trump

How to Prepare Your Money for a Trump Presidency

After a volatile election, President-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States on Jan. 20. Consumers are divided over what this...
Cyber Security

How Secure Will Cybersecurity Be Under Trump?

I have to admit that when President-elect Trump uttered “the cyber” during the first presidential debate, I was right there with the tech community...
Ransomware

5 Sure Signs Ransomware Attacks Are Intensifying

Ransomware continues to pose a potent threat to individuals and, increasingly, to companies. What's worse, all signs point to ransomware attacks escalating the rest...

How Your Netflix Obsession Could Get You Scammed

A new scam targeting Netflix users is being reported by a cyber-security company that says the scammers are trying to get credit card and other...
ATM Hack

At new eATMs, customers can get cash without a card—and so can hackers

More troubling evidence that banks and retailers push convenience on consumers to boost profits—while knowingly making it easier for criminals to steal—arose this week. Case...
Privacy

Could What Your Amazon Alexa Overhears Be Used Against You?

Have you seen the Geico ad with the talking parrot? A 19th-century ship is boarded, the captain surrounded by pirates. The leader shouts, “Let’s...
tax scam

How to Scam-Proof Your Taxes

This may not be what you want to hear this week, but it is entirely possible the Internal Revenue Service already has your tax return...