Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Social Security scams are certainly not new, so receiving an unexpected email about your account can seem suspicious. Contributing ...

Social engineering attacks, especially phishing, often lead to email account breaches that can result in financial fraud or exposure of sensitive data. Good data hygiene—like updating passwords, ...

Update, May 19, 2025: This story, originally published May 18, has been updated with even more advice on securing your Gmail account against the continuing efforts of threat actors to take control of ...

The Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General warned people about fake emails that look like Social Security messages. Officials said these emails are part of a scam. The scam ...

August 25, 2025 - Good email security is an essential part of overall cybersecurity and preventing cybercrime. This applies to all lawyers and law firms, and any other individual or organization for ...

A forgotten email account isn’t a harmless relic from past online times, but a potential gateway to your digital identity. As long as it exists, it remains accessible—not just to you, but also to ...

All those free and popular email services like Gmail aren’t as private as you think. The companies behind them have access to your email account, so they can technically view every email you have ever ...

The News 8 On Your Side team is getting a lot of questions about an email that looks like it's from the Social Security Administration. When it comes to your Social Security number or benefits, it's ...

Business email has been around a long time, but that doesn't mean it's always safe to use -- quite the contrary. As you sit here reading, malicious hackers and other cybercriminals are drawing a ...