Do not lose your Instagram account to hackers as malicious password reset notifcations surge — here’s what you need to know ...

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

Your Apple Account is the key to everything you do on your iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro. It keeps your purchases, subscriptions and personal data secure. If you think your ...

Repeated prompts to enter your Git username and password are a frustrating annoyance developers can live without. Unfortunately, if your Git installation has not been configured to use a credential ...

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“2.5 billion Gmail users should change passwords,” the headlines warn, saying Google has issued an emergency alert to all its users. Not so fast, however. While Google and Gmail are often targeted by ...

Traditional change management advice emphasizes gradual tactics like pursuing “small wins,” building coalitions, and pitching pilots that require minimal investment. In stable times, these approaches ...

Databases will soon be capable of monitoring their own health, identifying bottlenecks, adjusting configurations, and even rerouting traffic in real time. Generative AI has already had a profound ...

You can make your Microsoft account far more secure if you ditch your password. But if you plan to do so, there's a step you absolutely must not skip.

On the first day after your vacation, you sit down at your PC, type in the password — and fail. Windows says: “The password is incorrect. Please repeat the process” and expects you to click “OK.” ...

Users should prioritize changing passwords for important accounts like email, banking, and social media. Using a password manager and enabling two-factor authentication are recommended security ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, June 22, 2025: This story, originally published on ...