More than 100 million passwords have been stolen in a data leak. A database that contained 149 million account usernames and passwords has been removed after a researcher reported to the hosting ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Updated January 25 with even more analysis of the publicly ...
This “dream wish list for criminals” includes millions of Gmail, Facebook, banking logins, and more. The researcher who discovered it suspects they were collected using infostealing malware. The ...
Database Containing 149M Stolen Passwords From Gmail, Instagram, More Exposes Malware's Reach A security researcher uncovered an exposed online database that was stockpiling user information likely ...
Hackers began exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability in SmarterTools' SmarterMail email server and collaboration tool that allows resetting admin passwords. An authentication bypass ...
Has your phone been prompting you for months to log into certain sites with a "passkey"? Security writer Kim Key of PC Mag explains why you might want to ditch your passwords in favor of passkeys. For ...
The most common stolen passwords in 2025 were 123456, admin, and password, according to a Specops study. Despite years of security awareness efforts, an analysis of 6 billion credentials leaked in ...
‘123456’ continues to reign supreme as the most commonly-used password among people across the world, according to two reports, from NordPass and Comparitech, respectively. A full 25 percent of the ...