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 ...

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

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 ...

Bitwarden, LastPass, and Dashlane are less secure than you might expect, at least if you go by the findings of security ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...