Overview:  Google provides an official recovery process for users who lose access to compromised Gmail accounts.Familiar ...

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.

Update, Oct. 26, 2024: This story, originally published Oct. 25, includes additional practical email security tips on how to keep your Gmail account safe from hackers using Google’s security checkup ...

When a Gmail account is hijacked, the damage rarely stops at email. A single compromise can expose banking resets, cloud backups, and identity documents, so the priority is to regain control quickly ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...