Google brings in two new tools to help you recover your account if you lose access. It involves your friends and family who ...

A new recovery feature lets you choose trusted friends or family members to verify your identity if you're locked out of your Google account.

Recovery Contacts, which lets a trusted friend verify your identity for you, is just one of Google's new security features.

I have written extensively on scam prevention and personal online safety. But the topic of recovering damages if you've already been scammed slipped my mind. With the help of Cybernews researchers, we ...

As a community newsroom serving immigrants in New York City, we have heard from readers facing stressful situations like: “I lost my green card,” or “My passport is gone — what do I do?” or even worse ...

As technical cyber security controls become increasingly sophisticated, threat actors are constantly on the lookout for novel ways to evade and overcome them. A frequent source of success among cyber ...

Celebrities, athletes, and other public figures turn to domain blocking as a form of digital security. By Ashley Lan This story was created in paid partnership with GoDaddy. With identity theft and ...

At the core of Retrieve Personal is direct integration with Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and major health networks. By tapping into these networks, Retrieve is able to gather the most complete ...

Freezing your SSN can save you from serious financial harm. Credit freezes are your free shield against thieves. Your Social Security number is a crucial piece of personal information. It's used for ...

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 ...

Veza, the pioneer in identity security, today announced new enhancements to its integration with CrowdStrike® (NASDAQ: CRWD), a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint and identity protection. The enhanced ...

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 ...