Keeper password manager: once again no security

Keeper password manager development company was found once more not to be so interested in safety. This time, he was using a server that allowed anyone to access and replace files with malicious content, according to a security researcher.

Chris Vickery, who discovered the exposed server, immediately alerted ZDNet, who attempted to contact Keeper via phone and email on Friday. An hour after disclosure, the server was secured.

However, the director of Aaron Gessner refused any allegations.

The Chicago-based company has a storage server on Amazon S3 to host installers for its various supported platforms.

However, the server was not password protected and gave access to anyone and "full control" of its contents (reading, replacing and deleting files).

Many of the files included installation files for Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone. A file on the server had a private signature certificate issued by Apple. The certificate can be used to sign the company's iPhone applications, and was issued to Callpod Inc., a company founded by Keeper CEO Darren Guccione.

Naturally, a specialized attacker could replace a legitimate iPhone or iPad install program with a malicious file.

Let's say the Keeper application developer recently sued the Ars Technica security researcher, And Goodin, because he posted a vulnerability that he discovered in Keeper's password manager browser extension.

Although the company confirmed the vulnerability, it filed a lawsuit against Goodin for allegedly making "false and misleading statements about the Keeper application."

The news provoked many reactions in the security community, which criticized the company's response. Many high-level researchers and known community figures argued that such an action would likely have bad results in future security investigations and vulnerabilities.

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