All articles tagged with #security key
The article explores five innovative uses for unused USB ports on computers, including security enhancements with a USB security key, expanding connectivity with a WiFi and Bluetooth adapter, adding a portable monitor for increased productivity, using a heated mouse pad for comfort during winter, and repurposing an external DVD drive for media management and retro gaming.
Google has released the first open-source quantum-resilient FIDO2 security key implementation, using a unique ECC/Dilithium hybrid signature schema. As quantum computing advances, traditional public key cryptography becomes vulnerable to quantum attacks. To address this, Google combined the ECDSA algorithm with the Dilithium algorithm to create a hybrid signature approach. The implementation, developed by Google engineers, is compact and high-performing, making it suitable for security keys. Google hopes that this proposal will become a new standard supported by major web browsers, emphasizing the need for next-gen cryptography at an internet scale.
Twitter is warning users that the text message/SMS method of two-factor authentication will end on March 20, unless they pay $8 a month for Twitter Blue. Users can still use two-factor authentication for free by downloading an authenticator app or using a security key. Accounts with text message two-factor authentication still enabled on March 20 will have it disabled, but disabling it does not automatically disassociate your phone number from your Twitter account.