There’s an app for that (but it might be fake) by Ari Lazarus Consumer Education Specialist, FTC As more and more consumers are shopping with mobile apps, fraudsters are following the money. There are fake phone apps popping up that impersonate well-known retailers in order to steal your personal information. Their names are [...]
If the video below does not load, you may need to allow cookies as it is pulled from another site. By storing your card’s data on a chip, your account information can be changed dynamically with every use. This is a big advance from magnetic-stripe cards. Chip cards protect against [...]
What you need to know to secure your internet connected devices December 7, 2016 by Ari Lazarus Consumer Education Specialist, FTC Today’s hackers are attacking a lot more than just computers. They’re going after ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) ( anything that is connected to the internet in your home, like a DVR or your wireless router) [...]