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LastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the savvy

Getty Images reader comments 61 Password-manager LastPass users were recently targeted by a convincing phishing campaign that used a combination of email, SMS, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging their master passwords, company officials said. The attackers used an advanced phishing-as-a-service kit discovered in February by researchers from mobile security firm Lookout. Dubbed… Read More »

LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken

Leon Neal | Getty Images reader comments 110 with Share this story Already smarting from a breach that put partially encrypted login data into a threat actor’s hands, LastPass on Monday said that the same attacker hacked an employee’s home computer and obtained a decrypted vault available to only a handful of company developers. Although… Read More »

LastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers’ hands

Getty Images reader comments 255 with 0 posters participating Share this story LastPass, one of the leading password managers, said that hackers obtained a wealth of personal information belonging to its customers as well as encrypted and cryptographically hashed passwords and other data stored in customer vaults. The revelation, posted on Thursday, represents a dramatic… Read More »

The number of companies caught up in the Twilio hack keeps growing

Getty Images reader comments 90 with 56 posters participating Share this story The fallout from this month’s breach of security provider Twilio keeps coming. Three new companies—authentication service Authy, password manager LastPass, and food delivery service DoorDash—said in recent days that the Twilio compromise led to them being hacked. The three companies join authentication service… Read More »