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Password managers are less secure than promised (ethz.ch)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • Millions of people use password managers. They make accessing online services and bank accounts easy and simplify credit card payments.
  • Many providers promise absolute security – the data is said to be so encrypted that even the providers themselves cannot access it.
  • However, researchers from ETH Zurich have shown that it is possible for hackers to view and even change passwords.
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[–] 39 points 8 months ago (3 children)

For people interested there were 3 cloud based password managers tested and this is what they found

The researchers demonstrated 12 attacks on Bitwarden, 7 on LastPass and 6 on Dashlane.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    What I am wondering myself: Do the different amount of attacks mean the attack surface was greater or had more vulnerabilities or what made them only do 6 on Dashlane vs 12 on Bitwarden?

    Edit:
    In another article it was total identified vulnerabilities.

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