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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Dec. 04, 2024: This story, originally published Dec.

Overview:  Google provides an official recovery process for users who lose access to compromised Gmail accounts.Familiar devices, locations, previous passw ...

Update, Sept. 25, 2024: This story, originally published Sept. 24, now includes another security announcement from Google regarding enterprise-grade protections for Gemini AI and details of new ...

The change will prevent users from accessing Gmail accounts via apps that rely only on a simple password and username. This includes services like IMAP, POP, CalDAV, and Google Sync. Google aims to ...

Google is quietly rolling out a Gmail change that security experts say could make it easier for criminals to slip past your defenses, especially if you leave certain convenience features switched on.

A new Gmail phishing scam impersonates Google IT support to gain account access. The scam involves fake password recovery emails and requests for security codes. Google advises against clicking links ...

The sky is falling, and Gmail has supposedly been hacked to bits by malicious parties unknown. Or has it? Reports circulated last week claiming that Gmail was the subject of a major data breach, ...

*Google has clarified that there has been no direct Gmail password breach affecting its 2.5 billion users. Instead, the concern stems from a Salesforce data breach earlier in 2025, carried out by the ...

Gmail users have been sweating over security recently, after Google reportedly sent notifications to its 2.5 billion users warning of a serious security issue. Now Google is denying these reports, ...