Social Security plays a pivotal role in the financial stability of many Americans during retirement. As such, it's crucial to ...

There are a variety of reasons why you could be locked out of your Facebook account. Such reasons can range from the mundane (forgetting your password) to the worst case scenario (being hacked or ...

Whenever you get a new phone or authenticator, you risk locking yourself out of your multi-factor authentication (MFA) ...

You can turn to trusted contacts to recover your Google account. You can also sign in to a new phone just by using your number. Google Messages will alert you to spam and keep your texts private.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Now Google has issued a new warning for users who lose their phone ...

If you use Microsoft's apps and services, like Microsoft 365, Outlook, and Teams, you have a Microsoft account that you use to log in to them. Since your data can be confidential and sensitive, you ...

Update, May 19, 2025: This story, originally published May 18, has been updated with even more advice on securing your Gmail account against the continuing efforts of threat actors to take control of ...