Tag: mobile authentication

  • Yubico Extends Mobile SDK for iOS to LightningEarlier this year, Yubico announced a Mobile SDK for iOS to enable Yubico OTP authentication over NFC on iPhones. Today, we are pleased to announce that we are extending the Yubico Mobile SDK to enable rapid implementation of FIDO U2F over a lightning connection for iOS apps. We invite developers to join the Yubico Lightning […]Read moreLightningmobile authenticationYubiKey 5ci
  • New NIST Authentication Guidelines for Public Safety and First RespondersOver the past few months, Yubico has been working closely with the U.S. National Institute of Standards (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) to improve mobile authentication methods for public safety professionals and first responders. Today, we’re happy to share that this guidance is now available in the form of a three-volume draft practice […]Read moreauthenticationmobile authenticationnfc
  • Yubico at CIS: FIDO, Mobile, ID Proofing. We’ll cover it all!Today kicks off the annual Cloud Identity Summit (CIS) at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, where the brightest minds across the identity and security industry convene to discuss intelligent identity. Yubico will exhibit at the event (Booth #425) and contribute to several speaking sessions regarding FIDO, Federation, ID Proofing, Intelligent Identity, and Mobile SSO. Below are […]Read moreabout Yubicomobile authentication
  • YubiKey Flexibility Satisfies Okta NeedsOur partner, Okta, is anticipating that strong authentication adoption in 2016 on its cloud identity platform will eclipse the 40% increase it recorded in 2015. We salute Okta’s hard work and innovation now that it has officially released YubiKey support. Okta landed on YubiKeys to solve specific accessibility issues for its customers, specifically those who don’t […]Read moremobile authenticationOkta
  • 10X Growth With World’s Largest Brands“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” — Alan Kay, American computer scientist In 2012, shortly after Yubico’s CTO and I had moved from Stockholm to Silicon Valley, we were invited to a meeting at Google’s headquarters. We were nine people, from seven different countries, who had gathered around a conference […]Read moreabout Yubicoauthenticationmobile authenticationU2F
  • Yubico LogoYubiKey and U2F at CES ShowStoppers – Yubico Demonstrates Mobile Contactless, Tokenless, and Passwordless AuthenticationYubico will be exhibiting at booth B-12 at ShowStoppers on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, 6-10 p.m., at the Wynn Las Vegas. Hacking, data loss, and identity theft is no longer just a concern to enterprises, but a threat that reaches everyone online.  The time is now and the technology is here for consumers to protect […]Read moreabout YubicoCESFIDOFIDO Alliancemobile authenticationU2FYubiKeyYubiKey NEO
  • FIDO U2F Now Offers Contactless, Tokenless, Passwordless Mobile Authentication2016 is the year when FIDO U2F will unfold its promise of a “universal” second factor. Successfully deployed with Gmail, Dropbox, and GitHub in 2015, the U2F open standard is now expanding to mobile devices. At the ShowStoppers @ CES (Consumer Electronics Show) event in Las Vegas, Yubico is demonstrating the first FIDO U2F-certified, NFC-enabled YubiKey device […]Read moremobile authenticationpasswordlessU2F
  • A Milestone for Wireless U2FThe FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) protocol passed a significant milestone last month. They added new transport protocols that emphatically answer questions about support for mobile devices. Yubico is a leading contributor to the U2F specs, including the USB transport and the new specs for Bluetooth and Near Field Communication (NFC). We are now excited […]Read moremobile authenticationnfcU2F
  • Yubikey and the Emerging World of Wireless Mobile AuthenticationWireless has become the de-facto connecting point for consumers today and even among enterprises, where employees expect to leave behind desktop Ethernet connections for wireless connectivity in board rooms, conference rooms and common areas. Apple makes this point emphatically with its new MacBook where the message is everything should be done without wires via technology […]Read moreauthenticationmobile authenticationU2F
  • 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