According to the research, one possible reason behind the significant increase in the number of cyberattacks over the past few years is the low cost and easiness of owning off-the-shelf malware and ...

It seems that almost everything is breakable when it comes to security on the Internet. We’ve seen even the best security systems having one or more flaws that can be exploited for the hackers’ ...

In light of one of the largest ever hacks of Yahoo user information, here are a few ways to keep your login info safe. Generate secure passwords and store your login information on your iPhone. Go to ...

Cyber crooks are making almost 1,000 attempts to hack account passwords every single second – and they're more determined that ever, with the number of attacks on the rise. The figures come from ...

Having to come up with a password that matches the symbol requirements for every site can be a hassle, but there’s good reason for it. Of course, the more your ...

The depth of the breaches are hard to fathom. Three months ago, eBay’s servers were hacked and 233 million names, email addresses, passwords, phone numbers and home addresses were stolen — the second ...

Back at the dawn of the Web, the most popular account password was “12345.” Today, it’s one digit longer but hardly safer: “123456.” Despite all the reports of Internet security breaches over the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Almost every week, I will get contacted by readers who have ...