New social engineering attack tricks you into giving away access to your own account. Here’s what you need to know and do.

On April 8, 2024, a group of hackers known as "USDoD" posted to a hacking forum claims that they had access to over 2.9 billion records stolen from a background checking company known as National ...

Billions of social security numbers are in the hands of hackers. The discovery was made in a lawsuit filed against national public data. The hacker claims the stolen files have people’s full names, ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Phantom Hacker scam can target anyone. There are three parts to it and that's part of of why the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) says it's so convincing. First you might ...

In 2018, a hacker hired by the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel run by the infamous kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán spied on the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City with the goal of identifying “people of ...

The Wall Street Journal previously reported Chinese hackers “engaged in a vast collection of internet traffic” from ISPs, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen, that reached the system used for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Jan. 25, 2025: This story, originally published Jan.