We hear lots of stories of people getting hacked or getting duped into giving out personal information but despite their growing regularity, few take action to protect their online identities. Many ...

Google is announcing new privacy and recovery tools to combat spam across multiple products related to Android, including suspicious link detection in messages, sign-in with phone number, and recovery ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Now Google has issued a new warning for users who lose their phone ...

Learn why phone numbers are critical to online security, how they’re exposed, and practical steps to reduce misuse, scams, and account takeover risks.

Google introduces new Gmail account recovery mode. Updated October 19 with a new lock screen recovery feature specifically for Android smartphone users, as well as a warning from Check Point Software ...

Google has said the addition of a recovery phone number is able to block all automated bot attempts to access accounts via credential stuffing. The search giant conducted a year-long study with New ...

Most of us these days have many things linked or stored to our Google Account; it could be contacts, emails, photos, and whatnot. No doubt, it’s easy for you to get back into your Google Account if ...

If you need to reset your password, a code or password reset link will be sent to the recovery email or texted to the recovery phone number. Jim Rossman / TNS This week a reader asks about how to ...

Anyone who's ever had their Google account hacked can tell you what a pain it is to recover. You'll spend hours or even days on it, and recovery isn't guaranteed, no matter what you do. On Wednesday, ...

A security researcher has discovered a bug that could be exploited to reveal the private recovery phone number of almost any Google account without alerting its owner, potentially exposing users to ...

Losing access to a Google Account can disrupt email, documents, calendars, and linked applications. Google provides a structured recovery system that verifies identity and restores access without ...

Imagine this scenario: You’re going about your day, and suddenly you can’t make calls or send texts. Little did you know, but you’ve become the latest victim of a ported phone number scam, a devious ...