The latest incarnation of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum has suffered a data breach, with its user database table ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Updated July 8 with details of concern over the contents of ...

Hackers now have a record-breaking database of nearly 10 billion leaked passwords at their disposal. Credit: Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images Cybersecurity researchers are calling it the ...

Samsung Customer Data Stolen Using Password Traced to 2021 Hack A hacker breaches Samsung customer support by exploiting an internal password that hadn't been changed in four years, despite it ...

A new password encryption method from RSA would decrease the chances of security break-ins by hosting password data in multiple locations while ensuring that it couldn't be easily combined into ...

Google’s databases got hacked, and now 2.5 billion Gmail users are at risk. Hackers from a group called ShinyHunters managed to get access to Google’s Salesforce database systems. 2.5 billion Gmail ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. When it was reported that Gmail passwords were amongst a batch ...

Anonymous may have launched massive Megaupload revenge DDoS attacks against DOJ, FBI, MPAA and RIAA websites, but sadly even stating a “deep-seated moral opposition” and denouncing SOPA doesn’t keep a ...

In the meantime, a hacker had accessed the entire database and posted samples of the data on his Web site. The hacker claimed to have accessed 32,603,388 accounts complete with plain text passwords.

Attackers managed to get information on 2.5 billion Gmail users from Google. Luckily, passwords have not been compromised, but other information did. This is causing an increase in phishing attack ...