Threats, defences and industry response.
Fortinet says attackers are actively exploiting a critical FortiMail flaw, CVE-2026-104286 (CVSS 9.8), that lets unauthenticated attackers write arbitrary files. Fixes are planned but not yet released, so admins should apply workarounds now.
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The Firewalla Gold Pro delivers blistering 10 Gbps throughput and enterprise-grade security controls without ongoing subscription fees, making it an exceptional high-performance firewall.
Two critical remote code execution flaws in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway were exploited as zero-days before any patch existed. Both score 9.5 on CVSS v4.0, CISA has added them to its KEV catalog, and telemetry points to more than 50,000 potentially vulnerable internet-facing instances.
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Eight password managers, one head-to-head. We pit Bitwarden's unlimited free tier against 1Password's Secret Key, Proton Pass's free email aliases, NordPass's two-year pricing, Dashlane's premium ask, Keeper's compliance stack, RoboForm's $0.99 deal and Apple's free built-in option — and name the right pick for each type of user.
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Bitwarden remains the password manager to beat on value: the free tier is genuinely unlimited, and even after a near-doubling to $19.80/year, Premium undercuts 1Password and Dashlane by a wide margin. Open-source code and optional self-hosting seal the deal for tinkerers.
1Password's Secret Key architecture remains the strongest structural defence in consumer password management, and passkey support keeps it current — but the lack of a free tier, absent live support and unforgiving recovery model mean it asks for commitment up front.
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Proton Pass bundles genuinely useful email aliasing into a free, open-source, audited password manager — a rare combination that makes it an easy recommendation, provided you can live without offline access and the built-in authenticator until you pay.
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NordPass Premium pairs modern XChaCha20 encryption and a Cure53-audited zero-knowledge design with genuinely low two-year pricing, and it's at its best bundled with NordVPN. A one-device free tier and post-intro price hikes are the catches.
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Dashlane is a polished, well-secured password manager whose premium tiers justify their above-average price mainly through a bundled VPN and dark web monitoring — but a near-useless free tier, inconsistent pricing and app-to-app feature gaps hold it back.
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Keeper's Compliance Reports add-on turns a zero-knowledge vault into a genuinely auditable one, with a certification list few rivals match. The catch is the add-on pricing model and cloud-only delivery — and with no published price, the total cost is hard to judge.
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RoboForm pairs best-in-class form filling and modern passwordless logins with one of the lowest prices in the category, and the free tier is unusually generous. A clunky desktop app and a RoboForm-only sharing model are the main things holding it back.
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Apple's free, built-in password manager finally gets a proper app — and for anyone living entirely inside iOS and macOS, it's a genuinely excellent default. Step outside the Apple ecosystem, though, and it stops being an option at all.
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