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Editors’ note, July 31: We just finished re-testing 13 of the top password managers from scratch, evaluating each one on everything from encryption to pricing, features, platform compatibility, privacy policies, security audits and company history. Some of our picks remain the same as in our last round of testing, but the rankings have changed. NordPass is our new pick for the best password manager overall, combining best-in-class password health audits, data breach detection and an all-around pleasant user experience. If you’re going to pay for a password manager — a must if you want premium

Password managers are extremely attractive targets for cybercriminals — and yes, they can be hacked. All of the password managers listed above operate on a zero-knowledge approach to password management, meaning that not even the company storing your vault data can decrypt the information contained within. Only the user can decrypt and access their vault. Similarly, the password managers featured above don’t have access to your master password.  All of this makes it difficult for an attacker to gain access to the passwords and other items in your vault. In the case of the 2022 LastPass breach,

LastPass is one of the most well-known and popular password managers on the market. In light of its lengthy history of security incidents — including the data breach at the end of 2022 in which an “unauthorized party” stole customer account information and sensitive vault data — CNET can’t in good conscience recommend LastPass to our readers. The company says it’s since boosted security, but the alarming nature of that latest data breach has severely undermined trust in LastPass products. CNET will conduct a thorough review of the service in the future, after which we will reevaluate whether L