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

Gmail users told they have 7 days to respond to password hack attacks. Update, May 3, 2025: This story, originally published May 1, has been updated with a new report regarding the use of passkeys in ...

The Danish Central Register of Persons (CPF) was breached through the account of an IT and data services business. The hacker ...

A critical security vulnerability in PHP, a programming language widely used in website development, was discovered in ...

Number sequences starting with 1 dominate lists of the most common passwords – there were ten of them in last year's top 20.

A hacker has pulled off one of the most alarming AI-powered cyberattacks ever documented. According to Anthropic, the company behind Claude, a hacker used its artificial intelligence chatbot to ...

A hacker claiming responsibility for the breach of Denmark's Central Register of Persons (CPR) says it was protected by ...

A hacker claims an IT company’s ‘123456’ password allowed them to access personal information belonging to 8.8 million people ...

The Danish Central Register of Persons (CPF) was breached through the account of an IT and data services business. The hacker claimed that one of the breached accounts was only protected by a '123456' ...