LastPass in a blog post revealed that since April 2023, all new users and existing users who took steps to reset their master password were required to follow the 12-character limit. However, this ...
Most people don't follow proper cybersecurity hygiene by creating strong passwords because doing so can be complicated and intimidating. Even if you use a password manager that generates passwords for ...
The secret code that users create in a stand-alone password manager application (not built into the browser) that is used to generate all the login passwords. The master password is similar in concept ...
The best password managers are meant to keep all your logins and credit card info safe and secure, but a major new vulnerability has just put users of the KeePass password manager at serious risk of ...
If you're using Firefox's built-in password management, you should also be using its master password feature to protect your saved passwords from prying eyes. But what happens if you lose your master ...
LastPass faced a major attack in 2022 after hackers gained access to sensitive user data through an exploit found on the computer of one of the engineers working for the company. More than two years ...
KeePass has released version 2.54, fixing the CVE-2023-32784 vulnerability that allows the extraction of the cleartext master password from the application's memory. The popular KeePass password ...
For at past nine years, Mozilla has been using an insufficiently strong encryption mechanism for the "master password" feature. Both Firefox and Thunderbird allow users to set up a "master password" ...
Password managers are popular tools for managing your digital life without having to remember passwords, but they’re usually controlled by one master password that the owner still needs to remember.
Firefox only: If you're not using Firefox's Master Password to lock down your saved passwords, that's a mistake. Then again, the Master Password itself could be more secure and less annoying. The ...