Recent Articles About Identity Theft Prevention

Fake Norton LifeLock renewal and invoice emails use a real-looking charge and a callback number to steal your money. Here's how to recognize one and what to do next.

A social engineering attack has put millions of Qantas customers at risk of phishing attacks, but Australia's privacy watchdog won't investigate the airline over the breach.

Scammers are impersonating banks and Apple Support in convincing FaceTime phishing attacks designed to steal passwords, verification codes and financial information.

Puerto Rico quietly patched the security flaw but continues to deny that a data breach occurred, leaving citizens vulnerable to tax fraud, identity theft, and phishing attacks.

The breach exposed driver's license numbers, insurance records, vehicle details, and contact information, increasing the risk of identity theft, fraud, and phishing attacks.

All About Cookies analyzed five years of fraud reports and reported dollar losses tied to social media platforms to track how the scale and shape of social media fraud has changed.

The new ADDW rules are designed to reduce road accidents by detecting distracted drivers, but gaps in the regulations have raised concerns over the privacy of driver data.

One click on the wrong World Cup giveaway could hand cybercriminals your name, address, and credit card details.

A SIM swap scam lets criminals steal your phone number to break into your accounts. Here's how to spot the warning signs and lock your number down fast.

An internal investigation into the late-March LiteLLM breach details a three-month notification delay — while dark web auctions and court filings expose the staggering scope of compromised files.

LastPass says password vaults weren't touched, but the 2026 data breach is the eighth time customer data has been exposed since 2011, and the phishing risk is real.

AI scams use deepfakes, voice cloning, and fake apps to steal money and data. Here's what the six most common types look like and how to protect yourself.

A new ITRC report shows device hacking now beats scams for adults aged 35-64. Here's how to tell if your phone is hacked and lock it down fast.

Meta's AI support tool handed hackers access to 20,000+ Instagram accounts. Here's what happened and how to protect your IG account.

Worried that Bitwarden is quietly stepping back from its "always free" promise or don't want to pay double for a password manager? Here are the best Bitwarden alternatives to switch to in 2026.

Hackers are hosting fake ChatGPT outage pages on the real chatgpt.com domain to spread malware. Here’s how it works and what to do if you’re at risk.

A new CCDH investigation found Meta earned $14.3 million from Medicare scam ads. The deepfake videos targeted seniors 215 million times in a single year.

ShinyHunters published 9.4GB of stolen 7-Eleven franchise application data on May 24. If you ever applied to open a franchise, your SSN and driver's license may be exposed.

161,000 Krispy Kreme customers and employees had their Social Security numbers, card data, and more stolen in a ransomware attack. Here's who qualifies for the settlement and how to claim up to $3,500 before June 22.

Fake toll payment texts are now the fastest-growing government imposter scam in the U.S. Here's how to spot an unpaid toll text scam and what to do if you already clicked.

All About Cookies analyzed Federal Trade Commission data to find which cities and states saw the biggest year-over-year changes in consumer fraud reports per capita last year.