Massive scale attack The "Megalodon" campaign compromised over 5,000 GitHub repositories in 6 hours by weaponizing automated GitHub Actions workflows that execute when developers push code or merge ...

Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup after previously stating it was "by design." This behavior was ...

Are you a fan of chatbots like Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT? Chances are, you’ve asked them to generate passwords for you… After all, they’ve handled complex tasks for you, so it makes sense that ...

At least half the world’s internet users use Chrome1 to browse, search, and log in to various online accounts. That means about just as many people use the Google Password Manager. It’s easy to use, ...

Apps from Apple, Google and others can assist in making your online accounts more secure, even as new ways of logging in continue to take off. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer writes about how to ...

Katelyn is a reporter with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...

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No live chat support: Proton offers helpful support guides, but is missing live chat support and also doesn’t provide access to a chatbot. A bit pricey: Proton Pass is overall affordable, but its ...

UPDATE: May. 6, 2026, 9:40 a.m. EDT This piece was updated to include a statement from Microsoft. Password managers are supposed to make life easier for users by remembering their passwords and ...

A security researcher has discovered that Microsoft Edge will load all your stored passwords into memory in plaintext at startup, making it easy for malware to scrape those passwords. When you ...

A Norwegian researcher has identified an issue with Microsoft Edge’s Password Manager that could be a serious concern for businesses. Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning found that passwords are being ...

Microsoft Edge “by design” decrypts and loads all saved user passwords into memory, where they remain in cleartext throughout the session. This makes credential harvesting easier for attackers, a ...