Encryption, for security purposes, is also known as a cipher. It is a mathematical algorithm that hides information or makes it secret. Data that is not encrypted is called plain text, while encrypted ...

A new study from ETH Zurich is causing some serious re-evaluation of the use of cloud-based password managers, as the ...

People who regularly use online services have between 100 and 200 passwords. Very few can remember every single one. Password managers are therefore extremely helpful, allowing users to access all ...

Security researchers have published a paper demonstrating several ways password managers can be hacked. Is it time to make a change?

If you're still a LastPass customer by now, you should consider ditching the password manager app the first chance you get. Well, that's after Christmas or the holidays because that's what most people ...

All eight of the top password managers have adopted the term “zero knowledge” to describe the complex encryption system they use to protect the data vaults that users store on their servers. The ...

Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options Academics say they found a series of flaws affecting three popular password managers, all of which claim to protect user ...

Passwords sit somewhere between the daily annoyance and necessary evil of the digital age. Once upon a time, most of us had that single, easy-to-remember six-digit password that we used for every site ...

Academic study finds 25 attack methods in major cloud password managers exposing vault, recovery, and encryption design risks.

Unless you encrypt your files, outsiders can easily gain access to them–even without knowing your Windows password–by booting into their own operating system from a special disc or from a bootable USB ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Last month, the company announced that threat actors had accessed “certain elements” of customer info. Just as ...