Your Best Defense Against Robocalls

Listener Debbie shares how scammers posing as Citibank’s fraud department tricked her into authorizing $7,000 in transactions. Rich breaks down the biggest holiday scams to watch for, according to Visa’s 2026 Holiday Threats Report, and how to avoid them. Listener Greg asks where ... Show More

Hackers steal $6.3 billion in Binance crypto hack: Rich explains how hackers reportedly targeted the exchange’s digital wallets and why keeping cryptocurrency on an exchange carries risks. Jeff in California loses $21,000 in SIM swap scam: Thieves intercepted his text verificatio ... Show More

Rich On Tech Episode 197 - October 24, 2026 Call 1-888-RICH-101 (1-888-742-4101) with your tech questions. Rich reviews Apple's $2,000 iPhone Duo after a week of use. He loves the tablet-sized screen but finds the lack of Face ID, smaller outer screen and camera compromises frust ... Show More

How do scam artists disguise their phone numbers when setting up robocalls? We look at Caller ID and spoofing and learn how companies and government agencies are trying to fight back.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Notice you're getting a lot of robocalls lately? It's not just you. We report on how robocalls are climbing once again.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. 

It’s becoming incredibly easy to purchase commercial hacking tools as new technology becomes available, so how do we defend ourselves against this? Brand Ambassador for CTRL Group and reformed Hacker Bastien Treptel invites Srini Raghuram, the Director of Security Engineering fro ... Show More

The rise of cyber-crime and technology brings with it false information and fear mongering. Reformed Hacker Bastien Treptel and Chief Cyber Risk Officer Fergus Brooks teach us what information we should adhere to and what stories have been created to drive us into the arms of cli ... Show More

We take a closer look at different DDoS strategies as well as how cyber security experts try to handle attacks. Is there anything you can do to help limit DDoS attacks? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ... Show More

Jaeson Schultz, Technical Leader from Cisco Talos, is discussing "Spammers abuse Google Forms’ quiz to deliver scams." Dave's story discusses the disturbing new trick up a scammers sleeve to get you to fall for their schemes. Joe has two stories this week, the first a warning to ... Show More

We're joined by USA TODAY tech columnist Jennifer Jolly (and her mom!) to talk about the dangers of "tech support" scams.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. 

Voice cloning is becoming so sophisticated that even live phone calls can be generated by machine. Is it possible to protect yourself ? Mouthguard technology is monitoring the hardest tackles on rugby players - our reporter gives it a try. Also in this week's Tech Life, we look a ... Show More