

Jeffrey Goldberg, 1Password's "Chief Defender Against the Dark Arts," said: "Though, once the master password is available to the attacker, they can decrypt the password manager database - the stored secrets, usernames, and passwords." "Users are led to believe the information is secure when the password manager is locked," ISE says. In one example, the master password which users need to use to access their cache of credentials was stored in PC RAM in a plaintext, readable format. The vulnerabilities were found in software operating on Windows 10 systems.

The team said that each password management solution "failed to provide the security to safeguard a user's passwords as advertised" and "fundamental flaws" were found that "exposed the data they are designed to protect."
