Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a critical remote code execution flaw in protobuf.js, a widely used ...

Specops outlines the strong defenses organizations need today, from salted hashing and MFA to compromised password screening, ...

A critical vulnerability in the wolfSSL SSL/TLS library can weaken security via improper verification of the hash algorithm ...

Security experts warn against using AI-generated passwords after finding predictable patterns in outputs from ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude that make them vulnerable to attacks. PCWorld reports that AI ...

From smooth-talking hackers and millions of stolen passwords to Google’s very expensive “sorry for secretly listening” settlement, security had another extremely normal week. I've been writing and ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

Earlier this month, security guru Troy Hunt added a staggering two billion unique email addresses and 1.3 billion unique passwords to his Have I Been Pwned and Pwned Passwords databases. Aggregated by ...

Some 2 billion email addresses and 1.3 billion passwords have been compromised in a series of data breaches highlighted by a cybersecurity company. Microsoft regional director Troy Hunt, who runs the ...

I reported on a data leak earlier this year that included a whopping 184,162,718 passwords and logins affecting the likes of Apple, Facebook and Instagram users. That data leak was disclosed on May 22 ...

Google wants you to start using passkeys. Its vision is to “progress toward a passwordless future," allowing you to store passkeys in the Google Password Manager service. For websites that support the ...