Tag: Yubikey
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GitHub joins WebAuthn club
Source code management site GitHub is the latest company to support WebAuthn – a new standard that makes logging into online services …
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Yubico recalls FIPS Yubikey tokens after flaw found
Security token maker Yubico has issued an important advisory affecting high-end versions of its YubiKey authentication key, arguably the …
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Android phones transformed into anti-phishing security tokens
Google just announced a new security feature that allows users of Android 7 and later to use their smartphones to authenticate themselves …
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Android nudges passwords closer to the cliff edge with FIDO2 support
The passwordless web came a billion devices closer to reality on Monday when the Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) alliance announced an update …
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2FA codes can be phished by new pentest tool
With every new hack, it’s becoming clearer that older forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) are no longer the reassuring security …
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Yubico launches a new NFC security key and preps iPhone support
Yubico, the company behind the almost ubiquitous Yubikey two-factor authentication dongles, today announced that its YubiKey for Lightning …
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Improve login security with challenge-response authentication
Introduction Today, Fedora offers multiple ways to improve the secure authentication of our user accounts. Of course it has the familiar …
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Use YubiKey security key to sign into AWS Management Console with YubiKey for multi-factor authentication
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) best practice is to require all IAM and root users in your account to sign into the AWS Management …
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Google takes on Yubico with its own security key, Titan
Google took its efforts to protect online accounts up a notch this week, announcing its own hardware-based security key. Announced at …
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Google Leverages Hardware Security Keys To Protect Employees From Phishing Scams
Everyone has to deal with scams and phishing attempts online today, even Google. To protect its workers from phishing scams that could …
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Google’s introduction of Security Keys for its staff killed employee phishing
Multifactor authentication is an important part of keeping your accounts secure online. Often a second factor is the only thing protecting …
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Google hasn’t suffered an employee phishing compromise in over a year
Phishing attackers have failed to compromise a single employee account at Google since the company mandated authentication using U2F …
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