Data breaches are no longer rare events but a persistent problem. We’ve been seeing regular incidents at public-facing companies across various sectors, including healthcare, retail and finance. While ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. It’s one thing to find databases of stolen credentials on the ...

More than 184 million passwords may have been exposed in a massive data breach that experts are calling a “cybercriminal’s dream.” According to a new report by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler ...

Apple login credentials were among a massive database of 184 million records found sitting unprotected on a web server. Other logins included Facebook, Google, Instagram, Microsoft, and PayPal. The ...

A cybersecurity researcher claimed to have found a publicly exposed database containing 184,162,718 unique login and password credentials, totalling a massive 47.42 GB of raw data. The researcher, ...

While it's not as large in scale as the latest data breach that leaked over 16 billion passwords, another incident has exposed passwords and other sensitive information across some of the most popular ...

Today's report by security expert Jeremiah Fowler of a massive unsecured database full of usernames and passwords shouldn't necessarily frighten you, but it should spur you to action. If you have any ...

Danni Santana spent nine years as an editor and business journalist covering industries including sports, retail, restaurants, and personal finance. He is a graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate ...

The Plex media streaming platform is sending password reset notices to many of its users in response to discovering unauthorized access to one of its databases. According to the letter that a reader ...

Plex users may want to change their passwords as soon as they're able. The digital media player and streaming service said a bad actor had infiltrated its system in a letter sent to users affected by ...

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 ...

Data leaks are an inevitability of the digital age. It's all but impossible to have accounts online without losing some of your passwords to these attacks (which is why using 2FA is so important). But ...