Update, May 19, 2025: This story, originally published May 18, has been updated with even more advice on securing your Gmail account against the continuing efforts of threat actors to take control of ...

It's the year 2025 and, despite all our password managers and passkeys, online account theft is still common. One way I protect myself from those attacks is with the time-honored tradition of telling ...

Passwords are the worst. They can be cracked, forced open in attacked, guessed, reused, sold in data breaches, created with weak practices and stored poorly even when the best password managers are ...

Amazon has warned customers that impersonation scams, in which an attacker poses as an official Amazon representative, may ...

Cybernews.com broke news on Wednesday about “one of the largest data breaches in history,” claiming that 16 billion credentials had been leaked. Information security and technology news publication ...

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 ...

If a hacker gained access to your Microsoft account, they could download your OneDrive files, bypass your Windows PC’s security, and potentially even track your laptop’s location using GPS. But ...

Some users received an email in their Outlook inbox saying, Your account has been flagged for unusual activity. This message indicates that Microsoft has detected unusual activity on your account.

This message was emailed on Sept. 24 to those impacted by this phishing scam. We are writing to let you know that your MyUCSC account was involved in a recent phishing scam attempting to gain access ...

The most famous museum in the world used an incredibly insecure password to protect its video surveillance system. Here's how to learn from the Louvre’s mistakes and improve your own security. I ...

These days, I'm very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and even Albania. At least, that's what it looks like based on this list of recent attempts to sign in to my Microsoft ...