Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, May 25, 2025: This story, originally published May 23, ...

Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before moving to ...

Hackers haven't stopped trying to steal passwords for as many online services and websites as possible, and nobody is safe from data breaches. You're at risk even if ...

Google Chrome has announced a feature for its built-in password manager that it claims will let users instantly change passwords compromised in data breaches. Google Password Manager already alerts ...

You're checking your inbox or scrolling through your phone when something catches your attention. It's a message about a password reset, but you never asked for one ...

A massive online leak has exposed more than 183 million stolen email passwords gathered from years of malware infections, phishing campaigns and older data breaches. Cybersecurity experts say it is ...

Update, June 16, 2025: This story, originally published on June 14, has been updated to include new data regarding the use of risky passwords and password habits, as well as further technical ...

Google's Password Manager can tell if a password is weak and will even suggest alternatives—but you have to change it manually. That is until now: Google Chrome will automatically change your weak, ...

If you save passwords in Google Password Manager and want to change them automatically when they are breached, here is how you can do that in Google Chrome. Google has introduced a feature allowing ...

Google’s Chrome browser might soon get a useful security upgrade: detecting passwords used in data breaches and then generating and storing a better replacement. Google’s preliminary copy suggests ...