When you lock your Social Security number, a company looking to verify your SSN won't be able to verify your identity, ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and its Security Summit partners are urging taxpayers to enhance their tax return security ...

Choosing the wrong PIN can put your money at risk. Hackers often crack common PINs like 1234, 0000, or your date of birth. Learn which numbers to avoid and how to create a secure ATM PIN to keep your ...

The Social Security Administration will soon start encouraging callers to use its online identity verification tool for more routine services, arguing in a regulatory filing that the mechanism will ...

As tempting as it might be, avoid using 0000 as your four-digit PIN code. Same goes for 1010, 1111, 1122, and 1212, which comprises the top five worst PIN codes, according to a list compiled by ...

The agency said in a recent regulatory filing that the identification pin had been made optional for those wishing to change direct deposit information over the phone. Internal policy says they’re ...

If you use a four-digit PIN number, your personal code may not be as secure as you think. PIN codes are commonly used to unlock iPhone or Android devices, access online banking, get cash out of an ATM ...