Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Vakulov is a cybersecurity expert focused on consumer security. Online extortion scams, when scammers make threats and ...

An estimated 800,000 people are hacked each year — and you could be one of them. Cybercriminals are increasingly growing their attack surface, thanks to explosive growth in cloud and mobile ...

Three factors are certain to influence your cyber security program today: regulations, third-party partners, and cyber insurance. Increasingly stringent requirements, exclusions, and policy premium ...

With the ubiquity of people owning smartphones and having a growing dependence on them for e-commerce, it has become an attractive avenue for cybercrime. Security researchers report a 500% surge of ...

Cybersecurity incidents and cybercrime are on the rise in every sector of industry and against businesses and organizations of all sizes. In connection with the increase in the number of incidents and ...

Google researchers have found the first-of-its-kind evidence of the most serious and dangerous type of security flaw created ...

“The impact of cyber espionage on trade secrets can be severe, including erosion of trust among customers and partners.” Trade secrets refer to confidential information that businesses use to maintain ...