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Google celebrated Sysadmin Day last week by apologizing for breaking its password manager for millions of Windows users - just as many Windows admins were still hard at work mitigating the impact of the faulty CrowdStrike update. More than 17 million users might have received the broken update and, as Google put it, "Experienced the issue."
Google has fixed a bug in Chrome's Password Manager that caused user credentials to disappear temporarily for more than 18 hours. In a Google Workspace incident report, the company says the issue affected approximately 2% of all Windows users who had already upgraded to Chrome 127, the browser's latest version.
Bitwarden and Dashlane are two of the most popular password managers available today. Performance-wise, Bitwarden is solid but not as smooth as Dashlane.
To simplify the password management process and mitigate password-related breaches, organizations leverage enterprise password managers. Here are our picks for the eight best enterprise password managers in 2024.
Keeper and LastPass have similar pricing for their individual subscriptions - with Keeper Personal at $2.92 per month and LastPass Premium at $3 per month, both billed annually. In their premium versions, Keeper and LastPass also offer unlimited device access, password sharing and priority 24/7 customer support.
Apple will reportedly unveil a standalone password manager named 'Passwords' as part of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 during the upcoming Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. According to sources speaking to Bloomberg, the app will be powered by Apple's iCloud Keychain, the current built-in password management system for macOS and iOS. While Keychain is a full-fledged password management tool that allows you to generate and store passwords for accounts you log in to and sync them between devices, it is hidden away in the settings, making it a bit cumbersome.
Sticky Password is an award-winning program that can help you manage your passwords and fill out online forms automatically. You can now get a bundle of two lifetime subscriptions for Sticky Password Premium for the best-on-web price of $49.99.
Interesting story of breaking the security of the RoboForm password manager in order to recover a cryptocurrency wallet password. The RoboForm program unwisely tied the random passwords it generated to the date and time on the user's computerit determined the computer's date and time, and then generated passwords that were predictable.
Here is a guide to how password managers work and how you can choose the best one to tighten your company's online security. While many browsers feature a basic password manager, only a top-tier third-party password management application can offer you robust security and convenience through features like password generation, VPN, dark web monitoring, encryption and two-factor authentication.
Password managers include random password generators. Instead, you need a password manager that includes a random password generator to create very complicated passwords.