Update, August 5, 2025: This story, originally published on August 3, has been updated with further mitigation advice as well as a new report regarding phishing and credential theft trends as Google ...

In addition to safety features for Android’s Messages app, Google is introducing new Account recovery tools today, like establishing trusted contacts. The aim today is to “help eligible personal ...

Google doesn't want you to use passwords anymore. On Wednesday, coinciding with World Password Day, the company began rolling out support for passkeys for Google Accounts on all major platforms.

Google is rolling out support for passkeys for Google Accounts across all services and platforms, allowing users to sign into their Google accounts without entering a password or using 2-Step ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The first warning arrived in my Gmail inbox on July 29 and is ...

Many of us have a lot of digital data locked away in our Google accounts: emails, photos, chats, documents, schedules, restaurant reviews. Losing access to that data is likely to be fairly high on the ...

Many apps and services on the internet require you to create an account to use them. But if you have a Google account, you can conveniently access them using the “Sign in with Google” option and save ...

Reports from multiple tech outlets suggest that Google is beginning to test a feature that allows users to change their Gmail usernames. The discovery came from a Google Account support page, ...