Security News

Apple has announced the availability of a series of open source tools designed to foster collaboration between password manager developers. Published on GitHub in the Password Manager Resources repository, the tools should help developers create strong passwords compatible with popular websites.

A large percentage of Americans currently do not take the necessary steps to protect their passwords and logins online, FICO reveals. Only 42 percent are using separate passwords to access multiple accounts; 17 percent of respondents have between two to five passwords they reuse across accounts; and 4 percent use a single password across all accounts.

One of the vulnerabilities that researchers from the University of York discovered in widely-used password managers could have resulted in malicious apps stealing users' credentials. Password managers are encrypted vaults employed to store credentials and other sensitive information, and they allow the use of strong, unique credentials for each of the applications and online services an individual uses.

Researchers at the University of York have shown that some commercial password managers may not be a watertight way to ensure cybersecurity. After creating a malicious app to impersonate a legitimate Google app, they were able to fool two out of five of the password managers they tested into giving away a password.

The makers of NordVPN have come out with a new version of their NordPass password manager. Find out how to install and use it.

The makers of NordVPN have come out with a new version of their NordPass password manager. From the office of "Things you should have started doing years ago," comes a warning I've given countless times: A password manager should be considered a must-have.

The latest version of the BitWarden Android client supports facial recognition. BitWarden is an outstanding password manager that includes all the bells and whistles you've come to expect from such a tool.

The latest version of the BitWarden Android client supports facial recognition. Find out how to enable it.

Mozilla has evolved its Lockbox password tool into a more standard password manager. Jack Wallen shows you how to use the Firefox Lockwise password manager.

Mozilla has evolved its Lockbox password tool into a more standard password manager. Find out if Firefox Lockwise is right for you.