In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. Since then, a steady trickle of six-figure cryptocurrency heists targeting security-conscious people throughout the tech industry has led some security experts to conclude that crooks likely have succeeded at cracking open some of the stolen LastPass vaults.
I was a lastpass user until ~2020 when i moved to KeePass and deleted my account. However, my master passphrase was close to 20 characters long. An 8 character password is laughable. I have my password manager generate 32 character or 64 character passwords with ~150 bits of entropy or 300 bits of entropy. My master password has also grown in length to the mid 20s area.
Yep, +1 for KeePass. I didn’t even know much about open source software back when I started using it, I was just suspicious of the idea of having a vault containing all my passwords sitting online where criminals would know where to find it.
What consistently annoys me is how many sites still won’t let me use passwords longer than 16 characters, or still won’t let me use non-alphanumeric characters (or worse, both!) At least they’re not finance-related, I suppose.
KeePass has its vulnerabilities too. The good thing though is that it is not networked so one has to break into your device or your backups to even start an attack.
Exactly. Every password manager has its vulnerabilities, so there’s always a trade-off between different security measures. The lack of networking is KeePass’s big draw.
The big issue I have is syncing. Do you happen to know if there are any differencing tools keepass.
I like to have only various subsets of my data on some devices and accounts. So way to partition, difference, and merge would be nice.
https://keepassxc.org/docs/KeePassXC_UserGuide#_database_sharing_with_keeshare
I have no idea, I’m afraid. Your use-case is more complex than mine. I’d be inclined to say maybe seeing what you can do with the import and export tools, especially since you can use .csv files that you can edit between export and import.
You’d need to have different files for different subsets, then, and use some sort of cloud storage for sync
No need for cloud storage, just use a peer to peer data replication product like Syncthing. Fully encrypted, data is only stored on the end devices, entirely controlled by the user.
I will be happy when KeePass can store and use passkeys so public/private key cryptography to the rescue.
I was similarly not particularly concerned by this breach; my iterations value was set much higher a long time ago, my master password was bordering on insane; as in greater than 16 characters, Mixed Case, includes symbols, has XKCD-Style word patterns and contained non-english/unexpected words/patterns.
I also had migrated away from lastpass and prior to the breach had Deleted my account.