Tag Archives: password managers

How worried should we be about the “AutoSpill” credential leak in Android password managers?

Enlarge / Close up of hand holding smartphone and screen applications with unlocking mobile phones. Concept of technological safety. Getty Images reader comments 42 By now, you’ve probably heard about a vulnerability named AutoSpill, which can leak credentials from any of the seven leading password managers for Android. The threat it poses is real, but… 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 »

Backdoored password manager stole data from as many as 29K enterprises

Getty Images reader comments 10 with 8 posters participating Share this story As many as 29,000 users of the Passwordstate password manager downloaded a malicious update that extracted data from the app and sent it to an attacker-controlled server, the app maker told customers. In an email, Passwordstate creator Click Studios told customers that bad… Read More »

Chrome and Edge want to help with that password problem of yours

Enlarge / Please don’t do this. Getty Images reader comments 105 with 87 posters participating Share this story If you’re like lots of people, someone has probably nagged you to use a password manager and you still haven’t heeded the advice. Now, Chrome and Edge are coming to the rescue with beefed-up password management built… Read More »