Security FAQs
- I read that LastPass is vulnerable to phishing attacks - should I be concerned?
- What happens when LastPass.com is down? Can I still log in?
- How do I change my master password?
- How do I delete my LastPass account?
- Does LastPass support two-factor or multifactor authentication?
- Help! I think my account has been compromised!
- How do I see if I have duplicate or weak passwords?
- How do I view a history of usernames and/or passwords for a site?
- How is LastPass secure and how does it encrypt/decrypt my data safely?
- How do I enable Yubikey authentication for my mobile device?
- What if my laptop or phone is stolen?
- How does the YubiKey compare to LastPass Sesame?
- If someone malicously put a keystroke recorder on my computer would they be able to see the master password for LastPass when I enter it?
- How do I view the history of logins and events on my account (such as IPs accessing my account and logins used)?
- LastPass was supposed to send me an email, but it never came. Why?
- What is the security email address?
- Why am I always asked to enter my master password on certain actions when I'm already logged in?
- How do I use LastPass with Windows biometric framework (WBF)?
- How does LastPass securely identify a trusted computer?
- My Antivirus program has warned me that LastPass is a virus/trojan/suspicious - should I be concerned?
- How do I use LastPass Sesame?
- Why doesn’t LastPass recognize my fingerprint reader?
- What is a YubiKey and how do I use it?
- How are bookmarklets secure?
- If someone steals my LastPass master password, then can't they steal my identity?
- What encryption is being used?
- My email address for LastPass is old or invalid - how to I re-enable my account?
- How does the fingerprint scanner work with LastPass on the Samsung Galaxy S5+?
- Why does my browser indicate that LastPass has an invalid or expired security certificate?
- How is updating my Master Password secure?
- Why am I seeing "LastPass doesn't recognize this device or you are at a new location. Please check your email to grant access to your new device or location." ?
- LastPass says I cannot login from a country. How do unlock a country?
- How many YubiKeys can I use with one account?
- I am getting this message: 'LastPass detected a login form that is insecure', why?
- How can LastPass help me thwart keyloggers when logging in?
- How do I share login state between browsers?
- Do you use a salted hash for logging in?
- I'm getting, "You must complete a security check before you are able to login to this site. Please do so, and then submit the form." alert, what is this?
- Can another browser extension or password manager capture data from LastPass?
- LastPass stays logged in even when I close my browser or restart my computer! How do I prevent this?
- What are phishing scams and what steps can I take to protect myself against them?
- I have a charge on my credit card for your product, but I don't use it! How can I get my money back?
- How can I update my settings so that I don't get certain emails from LastPass?
- My Local Vault is not showing a secure connection icon in the URL bar. Is my connection secure?
- What personal information is used for the credit monitoring alerts? Is it safe?
- How can I kill all logins for other computers/devices/sessions that I may be logged into?
- Is there a limit for character length of the Master Password?
- Why is LastPass issuing requests to my server?
- How do you handle brute force / dictionary attacks for my LastPass account?
- How can I inspect the network traffic that goes to LastPass?
- Should I be concerned about reports that my master password can be stolen?
- How many failed login attempts can occur before a lockout?
- How do I protect LastPass if I'm worried about malware compromising my machine?
- Why am I prompted to log in via lastpass.com even if I am already logged in via LastPass extension?
- I get prompted to verify my location but everytime I click on the new link it says the link expired.
- Someone may have sent me a phishing email. What email address does LastPass use?
- I am in India and I am not getting an SMS message confirm my mobile number, where is my text message?
- Should I logout or use Master Password Reprompt to protect my account?
- My IP address is correct but LastPass appears to be showing the wrong location?
- Was LastPass at risk from the OpenSSL DROWN attack?
- How do I know which is the official LastPass Extension in the Chrome Webstore?
- I only use LastPass on my mobile device. What happens if I forget my Master Password?
- Why am I getting a notification from LastPass Sentry Alert?
- Why do I see "Your IP is untrusted! Please use internet access you've used in the past to use this tool."?
- How does LastPass protect my account when passwords from other sites are leaked?
- Why am I seeing that the mobile LastPass internal browser is out of date?
- How is it safe to allow LastPass to pull in sites from my email and change passwords for those sites?
- How can I address the security risks of the LastPass Helper on Mac?
- How do I make sure to allow LastPass cookies on Firefox so it works correctly?
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