PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 21, 2014) - Yubico, the leading provider of simple, open online identity protection, today introduced the FIDO U2F Security Key, a new secure two-factor ...

Today at its first user conference, GitHub Universe, GitHub announced that it’s launching support for FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) security keys from companies like Yubico and others. These ...

Dropbox today announced that it will now support security keys. Security keys are physical USB dongles from companies like YubiCo that allow you to bypass the traditional app- and text message-based ...

Dropbox has today announced the introduction of U2F support for secure authentication enabling users to set up extra security Dropbox accounts. The Dropbox Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) security keys ...

Last month, GitHub users were able to buy a special edition Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) security key for just five bucks. [Yohanes] bought two, but wondered if he could bring U2F to other ...

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This security key is FIDO 2 certified and supports several other protocols, including FIDO U2F, Yubico OTP, OATH-TOTP, OATH-HOTP, and OpenPGP. Perhaps the most novel use of the YubiKey 5 Nano is its ...

Several days ago, Google released a handful of videos discussing its “Advanced Protection Program” which just advises people to purchase and use Yubico security keys as a means of physical two-step ...

Facebook is upgrading the login security for its 1.79 billion users by integrating the “un-phishable” protection Fido U2F security keys into its social platform. The universal second factor (U2F) ...

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Two-factor authentication is often held up as a best practice for security in the online world, but Dropbox on Wednesday announced a new feature that’s designed to make it even tougher. Whereas ...