2026
Comparing a Store-less Password Manager with Traditional Password-Only Authentication
Mohammed Jubur, Maliheh Shirvanian, Salahaldeen Duraibi, Nitesh Saxena
IEEE Internet Computing
Research theme 04
Password Managers
Tools that help people create, store, and use strong credentials across services.
Research question
How do design, trust, and workflow shape effective password-manager use?
The research spans conventional password vaults and store-less designs such as HIPPO. It balances technical protection with trust, recovery, and the practical workflow of using credentials across many services and devices.
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2025
An In-Depth Analysis of Password Managers and Two-Factor Authentication Tools
Mohammed Jubur, Prakash Shrestha, Nitesh Saxena
ACM Computing Surveys
2025
Building and Testing a Hidden-Password Online Password Manager
Mohammed Jubur, Christopher R. Price, Maliheh Shirvanian, Nitesh Saxena, Stanislaw Jarecki, Hugo Krawczyk
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
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Research Deep Dive
Password Manager Risks: How Vaults Are Targeted—and How to Protect Them
A balanced threat analysis of endpoint attacks, synchronized vaults, phishing, and malicious extensions, with practical defenses.
IntermediatePassword Manager Models: Storage, Synchronization, and Store-less Generation
A comparison of local and synchronized vaults with systems that derive site-specific passwords without conventional storage.
IntroductionPassword Managers: A Practical Way to Manage Digital Security
Why password managers make unique credentials realistic, plus the benefits and limitations to understand before choosing one.
IntroductionPasswords: The Foundation of Authentication—and Its Security Limits
How passwords work, why guessing, phishing, and reuse remain dangerous, and which practices reduce those risks.