A new Mac infostealer dubbed PamStealer impersonates the open-source Maccy clipboard manager to steal passwords and more.

Fake CVE exploit repos pull frint and skytext packages to steal researcher credentials, with servers still live as of July 1.

Cybernews researchers found an exposed database with 24 billion credential records, raising fresh risks from password reuse and credential stuffing. A massive collection of stolen login credentials ...

Apple today announced that the Passwords app can now automatically update weak and compromised passwords using Apple Intelligence and Safari to take action on a user's behalf. The feature builds on ...

Microsoft has cut off access to dozens of its open source projects hosted on GitHub as it investigates how hackers apparently breached the projects and injected password-stealing malware into the code ...

Microsoft Edge is ditching master passwords in favor of a more secure way to access the password manager. Microsoft Edge password manager has removed support for master passwords on Windows in an ...

Dashlane, the maker of a password manager of the same name, has shared that several users' password vaults were exposed as part of a "brute force attack." The hackers were able to download copies of ...

If you’ve been hearing a lot more about passkeys recently, there’s good reason for it. After becoming more widely available in 2022, passkeys have surged in popularity, driven by ease of use and ...

The attacker who hit the most financial services organizations over the past 12 months never phished a password. They called an IT support line, convinced an employee to reset their MFA, and ...

A so-called software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the ...

TECHNOLOGY ROLLING OUT, AND EXPLAINS WHY WE SHOULD START USING IT RIGHT AWAY. DURING A RECENT LOGIN AT AMAZON, I WAS PROMPTED TO CREATE A PASSKEY, SOMETHING BEING ROLLED OUT AT SITES ACROSS THE WEB.

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. I'm strongly in favor of using password ...