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Security keys lock down your account. The new YubiKey 5C NFC works with USB-C ports on a laptop and phones' wireless NFC connection. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Popular social network X (aka Twitter) is having significant issues with users unable to log in. This is our ongoing coverage and status updates of the situation. Of course, when you try to do the ...

Until now, YubiKey-as-a-Service -- Yubico's provisioning and delivery offering -- was available only in a handful of countries, due primarily to various local logistics and delivery challenges. Today, ...

Enhance your Windows 11 security by using a USB security key. You can either buy a physical key like YubiKey or convert a regular USB drive into a security key using software like USB Raptor. This ...

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I am hoping to keep my Yubikey on me a bit more consistently. However, I don't typically carry car keys (since I swap cars with my wife) and I don't have a wallet that can easily hold a key. Does ...

In context: The YubiKey is a hardware security key that simplifies two-factor authentication. Instead of receiving codes via text or an app, users simply tap the YubiKey when logging into accounts, ...

The YubiKey 5, the most widely used hardware token for two-factor authentication based on the FIDO standard, contains a cryptographic flaw that makes the finger-sized device vulnerable to cloning when ...

NinjaLab, a security research company, has discovered a vulnerability that would allow bad actors to clone YubiKeys. As the company has explained in a security advisory, NinjaLab found a vulnerability ...

Some versions of Yubikeys, one of the most widely used two-factor authentication (2FA) hardware tools, are vulnerable to side-channel attacks. Thomas Roche, security expert and co-founder of NinjaLab, ...