Be suspicious of unsolicited phone calls or email messages from individuals asking about personal information. If you are unsure whether an email request is legitimate, try to verify it by contacting the company directly. Do not use contact information provided on a website connected to the request; instead, check previous statements for contact information.

If you use Yahoo Mail, a Yahoo Account Key can be a convenient and secure alternative to a traditional password. It’s a notification sent to a mobile device of your choice, which can be approved or rejected during each login. Note, however, that you should secure any such device with its own passcode or biometric […]

Ever gotten an email that had an attachment ending in .html or .htm? Those file extensions indicate web pages, meaning if you click you’ll be taken to an external site. Any such attachments should be viewed with caution, since you might not know where they lead. Don’t click if possible. If applicable, ask the sender […]

If you’re worried about someone having access to your Gmail because you forgot to log out of a shared computer or notice some unusual activity, there’s a simple fix. At the very bottom of the Gmail web app, you should see some text about “account activity” alongside a clickable link. Following that link will take […]

Many services require account verification via email or another channel. Unfortunately, scammers have exploited this setup, most famously in a series of phishing emails claiming to be from Amazon. Carefully read every email and look for the tell-tale signs of a scam, including typos, lengthy sender email addresses and urgent calls to action.

Say you receive an email that has typos and asks you to do something risky like visit a strange site. You click “unsubscribe,” thinking you’ll be spared any such communications in the future. In reality, you might become more vulnerable by doing so. The safest route is to simply delete the message, or blacklist its […]