Fake LastPass password manager app unearthed on Apple's App Store
The makers of the LastPass password manager have issued a warning that "LassPass" on the App Store is fraudulently impersonating the real app.
The makers of the LastPass password manager have issued a warning that "LassPass" on the App Store is fraudulently impersonating the real app.
Following a data breach disclosure that has stretched on for months, LastPass says the same attacker hacked an employee's computer and stole a decrypted password vault.
LastPass has claimed that it would take millions of years to crack a user's master password, but a rival company claims that the process won't take nearly that long, and could be done for a mere $100.
LastPass informs users that the August data breach gave hackers access to users' names, addresses, and encrypted password data vaults.
The developers of the LastPass security app and service say that it is investigating a new security incident leading to some user data theft, just three months after the last one.
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LastPass members have reported multiple attempted logins using correct master passwords from various locations, but the company has alternately said that the recent attacks are a result of shared passwords gleaned from breaches of other services, or possibly warnings sent in error.
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LastPass is introducing limits to how it operates its service in March, restricting free-tier users to either computers, or iPhones and other mobile devices.
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