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One of the biggest stories of the year was the leak of 16 billion passwords — credentials now being used in ongoing hack ...

(NEXSTAR) – For about 90 minutes Tuesday morning, Facebook and Instagram users found themselves locked out of the social media platforms. When trying to log back in, users were repeatedly told they ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — If you hadn’t heard already, Facebook discontinued a helpful way for users to get their accounts back if they lose their passwords. Before, a trusted friend could ...

KnowBe4 is warning of a new phishing campaign leveraging Google AppSheets' workflow automation The emails are spoofing Facebook and harvesting login credentials The attackers can grab session tokens, ...

You're checking your inbox or scrolling through your phone when something catches your attention. It's a message about a password reset, but you never asked for one ...

Here we go again, folks. It’s not uncommon — especially at this time of year for some reason — to start seeing all kinds of people posting the same thing on Facebook. Something about somehow ...