Password managers less secure than promised
ethz.ch
Researchers from ETH Zurich have discovered serious security vulnerabilities in three popular, cloud-based password managers. During testing, they were able to view and even make changes to stored passwords.
  • 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.
  • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    I assume you follow proper backup protocol it you are using offline password management.

    How do you sync though? You keep one copy on your phone or something, I imagine? What apps and managers are you using?

    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      KeepassXC is the goat :)

      The database file is encrypted so its fine to sync it however you like. I use syncthing for it which is p2p. Obviously set a very good password on it if you sync it through unsecure channels.

      • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 hours ago

        I had a look at this, and the only thing that intrigued be about KeePass was the ChaCha20 encryption which seems modern and nice.

        I usually use rbw which doesn’t use a web page to interact with BitWarden. It stores a local copy of the database, so the only time it contacts the servers is when adding new info or syncing or otherwise changing stuff.

        I’ll look more into KeePassXC and KeePassDX for mobile. Might be interesting, but the annoying part would be the syncing. You’d have to pay close attention to where you add new entries, and not add entries on separate devices if you want them synced to all devices. Or does that work somehow with KeePassXC?

        • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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          3 hours ago

          Just set it up so that the resulting .kdbx database file is always instantly synced between your devices whenever you make changes. Everything is in that file and all keepass versions can open it. I use syncthing for this because it doesnt require a server, but you can use nextcloud or whatever you have available.