Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. A July 7 identity threat report from the eSentire Threat ...

Republished on August 10 with new warnings about AI hacking risks for Gmail users. Google has confirmed that attacks on Gmail users to steal security credentials are now surging and are behind “37% of ...

Millions of Gmail users are being warned to change their passwords after the ShinyHunters attack struck Google's Salesforce database in June. Though that breach did not expose user information – only ...

Late last month, reports that Google had issued warnings to over 2 billion Gmail users began to circulate. Based on those reports, it looked like Google was sending urgent messages to users, spurring ...

UPDATE (September 2, 2025): Google has decided to issue a statement regarding these reports, as it seems like they’re false. The company says that “Gmail’s protections are strong and effective”, and ...