Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. There is a long and ongoing debate within the info security ...

Cybercriminals aren't just going after big targets anymore. They're going after everyone, and they're doing it with infostealer malware. These small, sneaky programs are quietly stealing passwords, ...

PROVIDENCE – As feared, the hackers who breached Rhode Island's expansive, Deloitte-run public benefits computer system RIBridges have released "at least some" files to a site on the dark web, the ...

More than one million online banking accounts were compromised in 2025 as cybercriminals increasingly relied on infostealers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, May 1, 2025: This story, originally published April 29 ...

A post on a well-known hacking forum has claimed to have a dataset of millions of PayPal account credentials including login emails and plaintext passwords. As reported by Cybernews, the author of the ...

Almost three quarters of U.K. law firms have had at least one employee password leaked on the Dark Web, according to a new report. IT company Atlas Cloud audited 5,140 law firms with offices across ...

Make sure you use a good mix of characters. Avoid your pet’s name. Most of all, never reuse a password. We all know the rules for ensuring that the keys to our digital kingdoms remain secure, and we ...

Columbus, Ohio, was the victim of a cyberattack over the summer that is part of a new wave of ransomware launched by a group known as Rhysida and which some security experts believe is most likely ...

In August, security experts revealed that 68 million Dropbox user emails and passwords were leaked onto the dark web. For LinkedIn, the number was 167 million leaked credentials. For Yahoo: more than ...

A veteran hacker with over 30 years of experience recently shared the most chilling things he’s encountered on the dark web — and his stories are nothing short of nightmarish. In interviews, he noted ...

Cyber threat intelligence firm Prodaft is encouraging users of the most notorious cybercrime-focused dark web forums to turn over a new leaf and sell their accounts to the good guys. In a world-first ...