Manufactured by Yubico, the codeveloper of the FIDO U2F open authentication standard used by many security keys, the YubiKey 5 NFC is in a safe pair of hands regarding securing your devices.

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 ...

Insert your security key into your computer’s port, then press the key’s button. The window should refresh to say, “Security key found.” Type in a name for your key and click “Next.” ...

A device like the YubiKey is just that sort of hardware. These little key-shaped fobs plug into your computer and, along with your password, complete the second half of a 2FA web login.

To understand why a security key is a more secure alternative to traditional two-factor authentication (2FA) methods, you must understand how the key works through public key cryptography. When you ...

Once you have the key, you'll need to enroll it with an account that accepts security keys. Go to a website where you have an account to change your login settings. We can use Google as an example.

At PCMag, we've been reviewing hardware security keys since 2018, when they were new technology, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) was still a novel idea. Today, many major companies support ...

Starting today, users can use hardware security keys manufactured by Swedish company Yubico to log into a local Windows OS account. After more than six months of testing, the company released ...

Now anyone with a security key set up on their Twitter account can use that same key to log in from their mobile device, so long as the key is supported. (A ton of security keys exist today that ...

GitHub has added support for securing SSH Git operations using FIDO2 security keys for added protection from account takeover attempts. Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) found ...

At present, you can use a security key to sign in to your Twitter account, but you need to have another 2FA method — like an authenticator app or SMS codes — enabled as backup.