Password manager is leaking your password, IIIT Hyderabad confirmed

Today, in this age of Internet, remembering passwords has become a very difficult task. To reduce this problem, people have started using password managers, but the surprising thing is that these password managers are leaking people's passwords. This flaw in the password manager has been named “AutoSpill”. This information has been given by a research team of International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad.

Bhavika Nandwana Bhavika Nandwana
Dec 29, 2023 - 12:19
Password manager is leaking your password, IIIT Hyderabad confirmed

All popular password managers failed the test
The report tells how these password managers leak people's passwords. According to the claim, passwords are leaked only during the autofill process in the password manager. During this research, the team has tested this bug with famous password managers like 1Password, LastPass, Keeper and Enpass and all of them have failed in it, that is, these password managers can leak your password. Let us know about those password managers which can leak your data and also about those which cannot leak.

Which password managers are secure and which are not?

  1. Google Smart Lock: It is safe. Due to this, there is no risk of leakage of username and password.
  2. Dashlane: This is also considered safe.
  3. 1Password: It can leak both username and password. After the research report came out, the company has said that it has fixed the bug. Now there is no possibility of data leak.
  4. LastPass: This can also leak both username and password.
  5. EnPass: Both username and password can be leaked.
  6. Keepass2Android: Both username and password may be leaked.
  7. Keeper: Both username and password can be leaked.

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