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Researchers tested zero-knowledge encryption in Bitwarden, LastPass, and Dashlane, finding multiple vulnerabilities that risk exposing passwords to malicious servers, affecting 60 million users.
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Millions of people rely on the service of password managers. However, the stored passwords are not automatically secure there, as a research team at ETH Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, ed.) showed. It simulated hacker attacks on three well-known providers. Bitwarden, load pass and Dashlane were investigated, whose services use around 60 million people worldwide. A password manager works so that behind a master password all other pa…
Study Uncovers 25 Password Recovery Attacks in Major Cloud Password Managers - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News
Ravie LakshmananFeb 16, 2026Vulnerability / Encryption A new study has found that multiple cloud-based password managers, including Bitwarden, Dashlane, and LastPass, are susceptible to password recovery attacks under certain conditions. “The attacks range in severity from integrity violations to the complete compromise of all vaults in an organization,” researchers Matteo Scarlata, Giovanni Torrisi, Matilda Backendal, and Kenneth G. Paterson…
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IT Security News - cybersecurity, infosecurity newsStudy Uncovers 25 Password Recovery Attacks in Major Cloud Password Managers
A new study has found that multiple cloud-based password managers, including Bitwarden, Dashlane, and LastPass, are susceptible to password recovery attacks under certain conditions. "The attacks range in severity from integrity violations to the complete compromise of all vaults in an organization," researchers Matteo Scarlata, Giovanni Torrisi, Matilda Backendal, and Kenneth G. Paterson said.
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