Yubikey – AACYBER

Multi-factor authentication: What’s all the fuss?

Hello World! Here it is, what all the cool kids are talking about… even a passwordless future. The things these security keys can do in the way of certificates and biometrics are evolving with increasing pace. They will very likely become a primary authentication method soon. But that’s not now… I’ll start by giving theContinue reading “Multi-factor authentication: What’s all the fuss?”

Backup codes!

Hello World! Building on my misconfiguration of security keys, I had to use a backup code for the first time ever today. I cannot stress enough the importance of these codes for your accounts that have multi-factor authentication. Write them down and keep them in a safe place, they could really save your skin. EspeciallyContinue reading “Backup codes!”

That wasn’t supposed to happen…

Hello World! I’ve successfully broken a YubiKey and locked myself from the accounts, it’s not completely broken it just needs to be reset but what a pain in the backside. This is why I have my backup key, meaning this is nothing but an inconvenience to me. I was trying to setup my YubiKey withContinue reading “That wasn’t supposed to happen…”