You’re checking your inbox or scrolling through your phone when something catches your attention. It’s a message about a password reset, but you never asked for ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. If you read my article here, you will already know that ...

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 ...

When a team of hackers dumped troves of data online that unmasked millions of users of the infidelity dating website Ashley Madison, users panicked that the leak would wreak havoc on their personal ...

Microsoft Edge loads all your saved passwords, decrypted and in plaintext, into memory at startup. Google Chrome doesn’t—is ...

More than 184 million passwords may have been exposed in a massive data breach that experts are calling a “cybercriminal’s dream.” According to a new report by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler ...

Despite rumors of a potential security breach after many Instagram users received unexpected password reset emails recently, the social media platform said there was no hack. According to a statement ...

Today we start a weeklong series to help you avoid getting hacked. Everyone knows that bigger is better, in this case longer is best. When you make a password, it’s common these days to add special ...

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 ...