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Hackers Using Rogue Versions of KeePass and SolarWinds Software to Distribute RomCom RAT

The operators of RomCom RAT malware are continuing to evolve their campaigns by distributing rogue versions of software such as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, KeePass password manager, and PDF Reader Pro via fake copycat websites. Targets of the operation consist of victims in Ukraine and select English-speaking countries like the U.K. “Given the geography of […]

Your Password Manager Has A Severe Flaw — But You Should Still Use One

If you are an avid user of password managers, you might just be in for a surprise. A recent study by researchers at the Independent Security Evaluators found that a number of popular password managers were storing master passwords as plain text within the main memory of devices. To an expert hacker, this vulnerability is equivalent to […]

Security Researcher Creates Tool to Extract Passwords from KeePass Databases

Denis Andzakovic, a security researcher for Security Assessment, has created a tool that can fool the KeePass password manager into exporting its internal passwords database as a CSV file, showing user account credentials in cleartext. The tool, which he ironically named KeeFarce, is available on GitHub, and despite its powerful attributes, it only works if […]