Google has been protecting people with 2FA access for years via its Authenticator app, launched in 2010. ![]() They will both meet the Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) authentication standard, making them compatible with a range of other sites beyond Google’s own. There will be two versions of Google’s key: a USB one that plugs into your computer, and a Bluetooth one that must be paired with a device before use, aimed at users of mobile devices. Now it seems that it wants to extend these benefits to its users. Google had announced earlier this week that it had stopped attackers gaining access to all of its 85,050 employees’ accounts since it began using hardware-based security keys internally in 2017. With 2FA, people accessing an account must prove that they are legitimate by using a device that they physically own (or a physical feature like a fingerprint) to log in. ![]() Without 2FA, attackers who guess or steal a person’s password can use it to log in and impersonate them. ![]() Google took its efforts to protect online accounts up a notch this week, announcing its own hardware-based security key.Īnnounced at Google’s Cloud Next conference, the Titan keys are a two-factor authentication (2FA) solution, designed to combat one of the most prevalent forms of online attack: account hijacking.
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