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  • Expanding YubiKey Keyboard SupportHi. We’ve had a few queries about using the YubiKey with various keyboard layouts, so we thought we’ll spend some time describing the different methods available to do that. Like a USB keyboard, YubiKeys work via inputting scan codes as opposed to actual characters. This means that when you type, the keyboard only sends the […]Read moredevelopersstatic passwordYubiKeyYubiKey NEO
  • Best Vaccine for Mobile Device VirusesA security research team at Bluebox have unveiled a vulnerability in Android, claiming that malware can get full access to the mobile operating system and applications. The complete details are not yet public, so the Yubico security team does not know how such an attack would work. But we know for sure that we will see more sophisticated mobile malware attacks in the near future. For […]Read moreandroidmobile authenticationnfcYubiKey NEO
  • Yubico named Gartner Cool VendorYubico has been named a “Cool Vendor in NFC 2013” by Gartner, Inc., one of the world’s leading information technology research and advisory companies. Each year, Gartner identifies new Cool Vendors in key technology areas and publishes a series of research reports highlighting these innovative vendors and their products & services.  Yubico is recognized for the […]Read moreawardsmobile authenticationYubiKey NEO
  • Yubico joins FIDO AllianceYubico has joined FIDO Alliance as a board member, and will be a part of the Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) working group that Google is creating  focusing on open authentication standards work for strong, universal second-factor devices. The U2F working group will continue the work that was presented earlier this year in an IEEE paper […]Read moreabout YubicoFIDO AllianceGooglesecurity protocolU2F
  • BrowserID and YubiKeyTo to learn how you use the YubiKey with BrowserID, a new open identity initiative, please check out this video from a BrowserID developer: https://vimeo.com/64514090 BrowserID was introduced in mid 2011 by the Mozilla Project. It addresses the same problem as OpenID and SAML, as well as the common OAuth or OpenID-based login-with-an external-account (such […]Read moredevelopersopenidsecurity protocol
  • The Future of Authentication FAQA selection of questions we have received and answered on YubiKey NEO and Universal 2nd Factor (U2F), since this new open authentication standards initiative was announced in Wired Magazine and the Yubico identity vision blog. Why do you want to kill the password? We don’t. Yubico does and will continue to recommend two-factor authentication, consisting […]Read moreabout Yubicomobile authenticationsecurity protocolYubiKey
  • Yubico’s Vision for Secure Online IdentitiesWired Magazine recently announced that Google is working on a new online authentication initiative as an alternative to legacy username/password login. Yubico is the core inventor behind this protocol, designed to be integrated across a wide range of devices, including YubiKeys, to solve some of the fundamental problems with online identity. And these are problems […]Read moremobile authenticationnfcsecurity protocolYubiKeyYubiKey NEO
  • Internet Identity and the Safety Belt60 years ago the car industry and our society faced a security problem similar to the challenges facing online identity today. It was a time when the car changed our modern society by delivering on its promise of freedom and speed, but security and safety measures were overlooked; there were no seatbelts in cars. In […]Read moreauthentication
  • YubiKey NEO Composite DeviceThe YubiKey NEO differs from the standard YubiKey as it can become a composite USB device – presenting both a HID (Keyboard) and CCID (SmartCard) device to the host.  This allows us to support all the great features of the standard YubiKey and add new support for SmartCard functions.  Our last NEO post described the […]Read moredevelopersOpenPGPsmart cardYubiKey NEO
  • Enabling YubiKey NEO’s OpenPGP Applet: Step-by-Step GuideIn this post, we will take you through the steps to enable the YubiKey NEO’s OpenPGP applet on a production YubiKey NEO. YubiKey NEOs are currently shipped with an OpenPGP applet already installed but disabled. You will need to enable the Applet functionality of the YubiKey NEO before you can use the OpenPGP applet. To […]Read moreOpenPGPYubiKey NEO