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

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The United States continues to experience a severe identity fraud problem, which has become increasingly expensive due to modern digital threats. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received more than ...

Identity theft protection services cannot prevent fraud, but consumers can take practical steps to reduce their vulnerability to criminals. Credit freezes at major bureaus and strong online security ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

According to Kiplinger Magazine (2025), identity theft impacts approximately one-third of Americans. My belief is that given personal behavior and data breaches, there are far more victims. As someone ...