Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Have you tried turning it off and on again? That was the go-to ...

When a Gmail account is hijacked, the damage rarely stops at email. A single compromise can expose banking resets, cloud ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

If you’re a Gmail user (and let’s be real, who isn’t?), you might want to sit down for this one. A massive data breach has exposed credentials linked to 183 million Gmail accounts, and yes, yours ...

Update, Dec. 16, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 14 now includes additional advice on how to securely recover a forgotten username and password to an inactive Gmail account to prevent ...

Logs including 183 million passwords have been leaked online. (Getty) Passwords for 183 million web accounts are believed to have been leaked online in recent months after being shared openly on ...