New Mexico towns and cities are warning people about a phone scam in New Mexico pertaining to Social Security.

When it comes to imposter scams, no federal agency is off limits, including the Social Security Administration.

Monzo’s recent fine over failings in its customer verification processes highlights wider security and privacy shortcomings in the personal finance world.

KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a reader whose boss’s email account got phished and was used to trick one of the company’s customers into sending a large payment to scammers. An investigation into ...

A fake $150K grant offer sent from a hijacked Facebook account almost cost one user $2,500. Here’s how to spot and stop ...

Reports of risky URLs circulating on social media platforms like Facebook and messaging apps such as Viber and Telegram in ...

Jason Nurse, reader in cyber security at the University of Kent, discusses the psychological side of cyber and online safety, why placing blame on users as ‘the weakest link’ is wrong – and why ...

Retire Better Social Security scams are ‘an out-of-control epidemic.’ How to protect yourself. Two pieces of legislation designed to better protect citizens are moving through Congress ...

A sophisticated phishing campaign known as PoisonSeed has emerged, targeting accounts protected by FIDO authentication keys by exploiting cross-device sign-in features. Cybersecurity firm Expel has ...

Learn to spot fake bank text messages with five warning signs of Chase phishing scams, including suspicious links and urgent deadlines designed to steal your account information.