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Cybersecurity experts warned that AI-generated passwords may pose serious security risks, according to an analysis by cybersecurity firm Irregular. ITPro reported on Thursday that the study by ...

A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals ...

A publicly accessible database containing more than 149 million usernames and passwords was discovered, and before it was taken offline, it included logins from 900,000 iCloud users. The database ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Updated January 25 with even more analysis of the publicly ...

This “dream wish list for criminals” includes millions of Gmail, Facebook, banking logins, and more. The researcher who discovered it suspects they were collected using infostealing malware. The ...

Security firm Mandiant has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by Microsoft’s NTLM.v1 hash algorithm to be hacked in an attempt to nudge users who continue using the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This surprise Instagram message could signal an attack attempt ...

UPDATE: Jan. 11, 2026, 2:04 p.m. EST We have updated this story, initially published on January 10, to include a statement from Instagram responding to concerns about password reset scams, saying that ...

The EU's NIS2 Directive is pushing organizations to take cybersecurity seriously, and that means looking closely at how you manage access. If you're responsible for security in a company that falls ...