BreachAlarm was contacted this week by a hacker going by the handle ‘Desert Bandit’, who shared some breach data with us. If you’re an Email Watchdog user, you may have been notified of this breach. We thought our customers might be interested in a hacker’s perspective, and we were delighted when Desert Bandit agreed to answer some questions here on the blog.

BA: Please paint a picture of yourself for our audience. What’s your age, gender, location?

DB: I’m just the regular neighborhood kid, I’m under 18, I’m male and I’m from Europe.

I’ve got a girlfriend, I’m a straight A student, and I speak 4 other languages. I live in a regular neighbourhood. I would classify myself as a curious person: I want to know how everything works.

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Last time, we looked at LastPass. This week, we’ll investigate a rival that goes head-to-head with the gang at Marvasol, Inc., and depending on your needs, might just win out.

Enter Dashlane. It’s got all the features you’d expect from a quality password manager, and a few that are all its own.

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Eyebrows were raised here at BreachAlarm when we imported a new database breach from MuscularStrength.com, a site devoted to bodybuilding and strength training, run by athlete Scott Herman.

Released by hacker Sinister, the leaked file packed 54,096 stolen records, including usernames, email addresses, hashed passwords, full street addresses (as well as city, state, zip and country), payment methods and phone numbers.

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You don’t have to be an Anthem Insurance customer to have heard about their recent hack. Now, new revelations show that you don’t even have to be registered with Anthem to be affected.

The company’s own analysis indicates that about 78.8 million people could have been compromised in the February 4th attack. This number relates to the amount of people whose data could have been viewed by cyber-intruders, but not necessarily stolen.

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In case you missed it: password managers are an essential tool for every Internet user. They eliminate the problem of password recycling (using the same password for multiple accounts), and they can mean the difference between a hacker breaching just one of your accounts, or your entire online identity.

A little while ago, we brought you our pick of the best password managers around. In this new series, we’ll take a closer look at each package – where they shine, how they work, and where they fall short.

This time, we’re focussing on LastPass from Marvasol, Inc. – a cloud-based password managing solution that boasts a slew of powerful features and ease of use to boot.

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