Discovering that your Facebook account has been hacked can be a devastating experience. Luckily, though, it's usually easy to recover your account and keep it safe in future by taking a few simple ...

VERIFY often shares information on how to protect personal information online and tips for avoiding scams. Multiple VERIFY readers, including Tara, reached out to ask about chain posts that claim ...

A woman says her Facebook page was hacked and used to post a scam advertisement for a used car. She's heard from three people who lost money. The woman says it was difficult getting Facebook to remove ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. (KGO) -- It's happened to yet another Bay Area viewer. An East Bay woman tried to log into her Facebook account only to find a hacker had taken control and was scamming her friends.

At the beginning of every school year, most college students receive the same warning email or lecture from campus safety: don’t leave your laptop unattended because someone could steal it. But they ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. A critical zero-click exploit uncovered by a seasoned bounty ...

Just when you thought Facebook has put the worst of its troubles behind, the social media giant revealed on Friday that it had experienced a new security incident that possibly affected 90 million ...