Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, March 28, 2025: This story, originally published March ...

Weak passwords and unresolved vulnerabilities are said to be to blame as the Federal Bureau of Investigation issues a new warning about threat actors using brute-force credential cracking tactics as ...

Ukrainian cyber police have arrested three men suspected of hijacking the accounts of over 100 million internet users. The trio, aged between 20 and 40, were arrested by police in the country’s ...

Smart home hacking exists, but it's probably not the threat you think it is. Here are the facts, the best practices to keep you safe, and more. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of ...

A massive spike in brute-force attacks targeted Fortinet SSL VPNs earlier this month, followed by a switch to FortiManager, marked a deliberate shift in targeting that has historically preceded new ...

Hackers are conducting widescale attacks on WordPress sites to inject scripts that force visitors' browsers to bruteforce passwords for other sites. The campaign was first spotted by website ...

If you set WPA/WPA2 security protocol on your home or small business wireless router, and you think your Wi-Fi is secure, there are two recently released brute force tools that attackers may use to ...

Russian state hackers managed to compromise the email accounts of some of Microsoft’s senior leadership team, using basic brute-force techniques, the tech giant has admitted. Microsoft revealed on ...

The attack didn’t rely on force or brute hacking. It relied on trust, automation, and routine. Every transaction passed internal checks without raising suspicion. By the time investigators realized ...