Password managers are an important part of our online lives. While Apple's Keychain works well enough if you live completely in their walled garden, the reality is most of us need a multi-platform solution. One of those options is OneLogin. And the company has revealed their systems were accessed by unauthorised parties this week.

"123456" is still the most common password that is used online. That's despite numerous security experts warning against using simple passwords.

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Last week, we reported on a known security flaw in open source password manager KeePass 2. The software's creator had refused to fix the issue but it seems he has now done a backflip and issued a patch in the latest update of the software. Here are the details.