LastPass will finally enforce a 12-character minimum master password An overdue safety upgrade after a major security meltdown.

Even though LastPass has repeatedly said that there is a 12-character master password requirement since 2018, users have had the ability to use a weaker one.

LastPass is enforcing longer 12-character master password for all users. The password manager will also cross-check passwords on the dark web.

Using a mixture of character types in your passwords and regularly changing passwords are officially no longer best password management practices according to new guidelines published by the US ...

In short, the system teaches the password to a part of your brain that you cannot physically access -- but it is still there in your subconscious, just waiting to be tapped.

Found: 280 Android apps that use OCR to steal cryptocurrency credentials Optical Character Recognition converts passwords shown in images to machine-readable text.