Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Passwords are dangerous — they’re stolen, leaked and breached.

A data breach has occurred with the Davidson County mass-alert system, according to a press release from Davidson County Emergency Management. The leaked data includes usernames and passwords for ...

A new study has revealed America’s most common passwords and the results make for concerning reading. It’s more important now than ever before for web users to protect personal information online with ...

Passkeys are a type of credential designed to replace less secure passwords. Using a passkey depends on one of three types of authenticators: platform, virtual, or roaming. Virtual authenticators are ...

The government of Denmark said on Friday that lawmakers from its political right, left and center have reached an agreement to ban social media for anyone under 15, as reported by The Associated Press ...

You may have seen warnings that Google is telling all of its users to change their Gmail passwords due to a breach. That’s only partly true. Google is telling users ...

Millions of internet account passwords have reportedly been stolen and users are being urged to verify if their information has been compromised. In a report from the Daily Mail, Australian cyber ...

LastPass is warning users of a campaign that targets macOS users with malicious software impersonating popular products delivered through fraudulent GitHub repositories. The fake apps deliver the ...

The Plex streaming platform has experienced a security breach and is telling customers to change their passwords "immediately." They also suggest that users enable two-factor authentication and sign ...

Streaming giant Plex is urging its customers to change their passwords after it disclosed a data breach of one of its user databases. The company said in a post on Monday that it was aware of a ...

A Plex data breach in 2022 exposed usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords. The company required all users to change their passwords as a precaution, and ...