Tuesday 19 December 2017

Windows 10 Default Password Manager allows hackers steal passwords


Default Windows 10 Password Manager allows hackers steal passwords  



Running Windows 10, then chances for your machine to contain a Pre-installed software that allows hackers to steal your credentials remotely.


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Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy said that he found a pre-installed famous password manager, called "Keeper," on his freshly installed Windows 10 system which he downloaded directly from the Microsoft Developer Network.

The vulnerability affects the Keeper browser extensions, which, unless users opt out, are installed alongside the Keeper desktop application. The security hole allows attackers to steal passwords stored by the app if they can convince an authenticated user to access a specially crafted website.


Keeper released a patch within 24 hours of being notified by Ormandy. The fix has been rolled out with version 11.4.4 and it has already been delivered to Edge, Chrome and Firefox users via the browsers’ automatic extension update process. Safari users will need to manually update the extension.


“This potential vulnerability requires a Keeper user to be lured to a malicious website while logged into the browser extension, and then fakes user input by using a clickjacking and/or malicious code injection technique to execute privileged code within the browser extension,”
 Keeper said in a blog post informing customers of the vulnerability and the patch.

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