PwnedList Partnership Provides Credential Monitoring for LastPass Users

A partnership announced today merges LastPass’s credential management services with PwnedList’s credential monitoring services. The companies said “credential management and credential monitoring are natural complements” and that the move will bolster password security for LastPass end users...

Researcher Warns Of Security Hole In KeePass Password Manager

Users of the free, open source KeePass password manager got unwelcome news on Tuesday, after a private security researcher claimed to have discovered a remotely exploitable security hole that could give an attacker access to unencrypted user passwords. However, KeePass’s creator calls the hole...

LastPass Asks Users To Change Password After Probable Breach

ED: LastPass Asks Users To Change Password After Probable Breach DEK: The Web based password management firm says it detected what it thinks is a breach that could have exposed some customer passwords. LastPass, a Web based password management firm, advised its customers to change the password th...

LastPass Forces Users to Change Master Passwords Following Suspicious Activity

LastPass, one of the most popular cloud-based password management services, is forcing users to change their master passwords as a precaution after it discovered an unauthorized data transfer out of its network. In a post on its blog the company explains, in sufficient detail, what prompted this...

Password Management Site LastPass Sports Security Hole

Web surfers frustrated with the task of managing a forest of user names and passwords have been flocking to LastPass in an effort to simplify. But now a a security researcher says that a security flaw in that company’s Web site could reveal sensitive account details. Mike Cardwell, an independent...