The RockYou2024 leak, which exposed almost 10 billion passwords in July of last year, might seem like old news, but its impact is still felt today. It's considered ...

Just one successful hack could cause you to lose everything—your data, your account, and your peace of mind. That's why I ditched text messages and authenticator codes and switched to a safer ...

Senior government officials mistakenly invited the editor in chief of the Atlantic to a group chat on the messaging app Signal, where the focus of conversation was U.S. airstrikes against rebel groups ...

Samsung S24, Ultra smartphone in its box. Mobile device security is a growing concern as cyber threats and identity theft become more prevalent. In response, smartphone users are seeking effective ...

When security questions and password hints are required for your accounts, you might not be filling them out wisely. To best protect your account security, you shouldn’t be truthful in these fields.

Have you been using the new RCS format to send texts between an iPhone and an Android phone? If so, you could be exposing your messages to snooping by foreign hackers. In a news call with reporters on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The bad news is that it is October 2026. ForbesGmail Passwords ...

Once upon a time, you could assume you were pretty safe on the internet, so long as you were careful. But that’s changed. Through no fault of your own, your data can leak, your passwords can become ...

Much of the web has switched to secure links—that is, when you type in a site like pcworld.com, it serves its pages over an https (“hypertext transfer protocol secure”) connection rather than over non ...

Use Microsoft 365 Secure Score as a strategic guide rather than a numbers game, focusing on balance and meaningful risk reduction over chasing a perfect score. Whenever someone asks me how best to ...

The transition to the more-secure HTTPS web protocol has plateaued, according to Google. As of 2020, 95 to 99 percent of navigations in Chrome use HTTPS. To help make it safer for users to click on ...

In national security, the concept of "for your eyes only" is very important. The right information must go only to those who are classified to see it. Enter TITAN, the Trusted Information Transfer and ...