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 ...

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 ...

Hackers called ShinyHunters broke into a major Google database in June by tricking a Google employee into giving login details. The database was managed through Salesforce’s cloud platform, which ...

The Gmail hacking episode this week shows this if nothing else: Hackers have come a long way since the days of Nigerian banking email scams. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that U.S.

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 ...