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As cyberattacks grow faster, more automated and more convincing, technology alone is no longer enough to keep organizations secure. Many of today’s most damaging threats succeed not because digital ...

Social Security has been in the news a lot in the past year. In October, there was a lot of buzz around the program's upcoming cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Then, once that COLA was announced, ...

Social Security's main source of funding is payroll tax revenue. Social Security limits the amount of wages it taxes each year. That wage cap increased in 2026, leaving some workers with a higher tax ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The government denied that DOGE had misused private data held by Social Security. Now it admits staffers did ...

As we kick off 2026, cybersecurity is undergoing rapid transformation. In just the past year, we’ve seen a surge in attacks driven by advances in AI, automation, and the subsequent increased ...

Social Security's main source of funding is payroll tax revenue. Social Security limits the amount of wages it taxes each year. That wage cap increased in 2026, leaving some workers with a higher tax ...