After extensive breaches over the past few years, companies have been working to develop a standard to protect data transfer over the internet. Protection with a single password is a thing of the past ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst.

Phishing attacks continue to surge, with estimates indicating over 800,000 victims in the first quarter of 2024, a 4% rise from the same period the previous year. Attackers persistently try to deceive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. We were warned — 2025 was always going to be the year AI attacks ...

One of the most effective ways to stop your online accounts from being hacked is to turn on two-factor authentication. The security measure, often known as 2FA or multifactor authentication, requires ...

Today Gmail only asks for your user credentials during the initial login, and that login session can last for weeks at a time. That’s not as secure as it could be, so soon Gmail will start posting two ...

With around 1.8 billion active users worldwide, Gmail remains the most popular email service by far. Google was also one of the first to pioneer and popularize two-factor authentication (2FA). You ...