Just when you thought Facebook has put the worst of its troubles behind, the social media giant revealed on Friday that it had experienced a new security incident that possibly affected 90 million ...

Gmail users have been hit by a torrent of phishing scams in recent months — but Google says don't panic if you fall for one. Even if you're locked out of your account by one of these password-stealing ...

The Pokémon Company said it detected hacking attempts against some of its users and reset those user account passwords. Last week, an alert was visible on Pokémon’s official support website that said, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, March 28, 2025: This story, originally published March ...

A text file called RockYou2024 was uploaded to the dark web on July 4, exposing over 10 billion unique passwords. It marks the largest password leak in history. A ...

Cybersecurity attacks are now a common fixture of the digital landscape, but not enough people take password security seriously. Testing your password strength is one of the most overlooked yet vital ...

In the meantime, a hacker had accessed the entire database and posted samples of the data on his Web site. The hacker claimed to have accessed 32,603,388 accounts complete with plain text passwords.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Aug. 29, 2024: This story, originally published Aug.

Do you use the same password for multiple online accounts? You need to stop. Roku accounts were breached in a "credential stuffing attack" where hackers reuse your ...

Virtual pet creation website Neopets has been hacked, potentially compromising up to 69 million accounts. As reported by Polygon, the data breach was first reported by community site JellyNeo on July ...

Gawker Media said Monday that a hacking group broke into its servers over the weekend, stealing an estimated 1.3 million user names and passwords for more than 200,000 registered users in a brute ...