IsabelleAre you using a password manager to securely store all of your passwords? The use of password managers has become very common. It allows people to keep track of a variety of passwords, which are unique enough to protect their networks.
Although the purpose of this is to keep your passwords together in a secure manner, cases have been found in which these password managers have mistakenly leaked credentials. This flaw in the system has been named “AutoSpill”.
TechSpot recently reported that the way this happens is, “When the password manager is prompted to fill in the credentials, the expected behavior is that it’ll autofill them in the right fields of the WebView interface. However, it will sometimes expose your credentials to the base app instead.”
In this case there is no phishing or trick that the user can avoid, the mistake is automatically done through the password manager itself.
Having multi-factor authentication protects your network against the AutoSpill glitch or in any situation where your password has been exposed. This is because the password itself is not sufficient to gain access to your sensitive information.
Green Rocket Security specializes in multi-factor authentication by which users can have access to an Authenticator app or a physical token, such as a YubiKey. If you are looking for network protection beyond just your passwords, contact us to learn more about our GreenRADIUS solution.