The line between spam and scams is thin. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson details his tips for identifying and avoiding phone scams, ...

Thanks to data breaches and sharing too much information online, identity theft is a real issue. But there are steps you can take to make it tougher for someone to impersonate you.

Attempts by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to seek access to the Social Security ...

A 2024 report from the Social Security Administration's inspector general found the Social Security Administration paid $8.6 trillion in benefits, about $71.8 billion (or less than 1%) of which were ...

When people think of Social Security, they typically think of monthly benefits — for the roughly 69 million retirees, ...

Attackers use caller ID spoofing and AI voices to steal money. Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson provides seven ways to ...

Welcome back to the Money blog. New data has revealed that JP Morgan's Chase is Britain's favourite bank - overtaking ...

Learn when it's safe to share your Social Security number and what to do if your number and private info were exposed in a ...

Dear Rusty: If a financially well-off individual had multiple ex-spouses, could it happen that the multiple ex-spouses could each be collecting Social Security based on their ... as a result of the ...

The fake IRS emails and texts announcing tax refunds and credits are already on the way. It’s tax filing season, so beware of the onslaught of financial scams.

Someone new to the U.S. who barely has ... If you're approved for a credit card with an ITIN, you can start using it to build your credit. What credit card issuers don't require a Social Security ...

Look into your browser history and see if there’s anything weird in there. More specifically, try to see if there’s anything about phone spying software. Someone may have used your browser to ...