Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, June 22, 2025: This story, originally published on ...

It was a hack attack of epic proportions. Fresh off last month’s massive password hack, there’s been another major dataset exposure. A staggering 16 billion passwords have been leaked across multiple ...

Apple is requiring developers like Facebook to receive express permission from users to track them across apps and websites. Facebook is worried that most users won’t give them that permission, which ...

Sixteen billion passwords to Apple, Facebook, Google, and other social media accounts, as well as government services, were leaked in what researchers are calling the largest data breach ever, ...

According to multiple sources, it was disclosed last Friday that more than 16 billion sets of account credentials (i.e., user IDs and passwords) that were stolen from Google, Facebook and Apple over ...

Facebook ran full-page ads in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal Wednesday, taking aim at Apple privacy features coming soon to iOS 14. Facebook’s ads claim that the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. It’s one thing to find databases of stolen credentials on the ...

In the late 2000s, Facebook was a booming desktop web platform with a growing selection of third-party games and apps, including the viral sensation FarmVille. However, once the iPhone and other ...

If Tim Cook Hates Facebook’s Privacy Sins, He Could Do More About It Apple has been outspoken about user data privacy, but hasn't required a bigger warning label on ...

Users looking to take advantage of the boosted posts feature on Meta platforms, such as Facebook, will need to take some extra steps to avoid paying extra fees. Meta says that boosted posts are often ...