It’s catnip for hackers. Computer users Googling whether Bengal cats are legal to own are finding themselves victims of a bizarre cyberattack. Cybersecurity company SOPHOS issued an urgent warning on ...

Hackers have become increasingly sophisticated in targeting bank accounts, sometimes stealing money without the account holder realizing it right away. This raises an unsettling concern among many: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. A Jan. 28 analysis of customer security incidents reported to ...

Hackers are pretty scary. Amoral, hooded figures with magical computer skills that can break into anything within minutes. At least that is what most of us think of when we hear the term "hacker." It ...

Imagine this. It's Monday at 9 a.m. The CEO of a major company receives a notification that all systems have been encrypted. The ransomware group behind the attack demands $30 million paid within 72 ...

A man in a black hoodie wearing a Guy Fawkes mask sits in a dark room, face lit up forebodingly by his laptop screen. He ...

Hackers Can Hide Malicious Code in Gemini’s Email Summaries Your email has been sent Google’s Gemini chatbot is vulnerable to a prompt-injection exploit that could trick users into falling for ...

Not only public Wi-Fi, but even home Wi-Fi connections can be vulnerable to hackers. People often avoid connecting their phones or laptops to public Wi-Fi, fearing they are allowing cybercriminals to ...

Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of defense against hackers—even if your password is stolen or guessed, another checkpoint will block account access. I regularly recommend enabling 2FA as ...

Ethical hacking might sound like a contradiction in terms, but it’s actually an important tool when it comes to an organization's cyber security. An ethical hacker, also known as a white hat hacker, ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a force for good in our future, that much is obvious from the fact that it’s being utilized to advance things like medical research. But what about it being a force ...