Gmail recovery only works if you’re ready before you need it.

When you see options like "Recover Account" or "Set up recovery email" in a password manager, you might think that even if ...

Forgetting your Facebook password can be frustrating, especially when you need immediate access to your messages, photos or other account information. Fortunately, Facebook provides built-in account ...

Has your Instagram account been hacked, with your password, email address or phone number changed? There are ways to regain ...

Wait… what’s my password again? Uh oh… You’ve uttered these words before when trying to log in to an account. It happens to all of us. However, when this ...

Google is planning to delete inactive Google accounts, which includes Gmail, Photos and Drive services, this week. Ahead of the deadline there appears to be a bit of a scramble by users to get back ...

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 ...

It’s been quite a while since I’ve received an apologetic email from a contact saying their account had been hacked and a recent email most definitely sent to me wasn’t from them. But this still ...

The Threat of the "Ultimate Phishing Email" That Traditional Countermeasures Cannot StopWhile new attack methods are created ...

This week a reader asks about how to recover an email account that disappeared off their phone. "My wife had her email account disappear (like into cyberspace). We've tried to restore via reboot and ...