Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Looking back at 2025, it isn’t hard to pick out the biggest ...

Gmail users have been warned that a notorious group of hackers is targeting account holders after gaining access to a huge database. The Google attack originated from a breach of Salesforce's cloud ...

You know that sinking feeling when you can’t remember if your bank password was “Fluffy123” or “Fluffy124”? You’re not alone. Scammers specifically target ...

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse in terms of cybersecurity bad news this week, the FBI has revealed a staggering database of 630 million compromised passwords from multiple devices ...

Hacking is hard. Well, sometimes. Other times, you just call up a company’s IT service desk and pretend to be an employee who needs a password reset, an Okta ...

With technology and the internet becoming an everyday part of people's lives, whether it be social media, online shopping, streaming sites or browsing the web, many of us have a variety of passwords ...

In response, LinkedIn says it is working to validate the accounts and contact affected users so they can take appropriate steps to change their password on the site. This morning, the company ...

Users of Dropbox accounts have been strongly advised to change their password due to a mass leak of usernames by an anonymous hacker. An anonymous hacker is claiming to have leaked a few hundred ...