Failure Pattern
Password managers encrypt stored passwords but do nothing to prevent active-session impersonation.
User Impact
The user believes “my passwords are safe,” yet attackers hijack active sessions without needing passwords.
Underlying Causes
Bearer-token session models
No device-bound trust
Passive managers unaware of active compromise
Trust-Native Resolution
Every website session must validate through a continuous trust channel, not a cached token.
Broken Trust Assumption
Many of the most damaging breaches of the past decade occurred in environments that were fully authenticated, encrypted, and compliant.
Incidents including SolarWinds, NotPetya, Capital One, and MOVEit show a consistent pattern: attackers succeeded by inheriting trust, not by breaking it. Security controls validated access, but not intent.