freeMB to Ars Technica - All ContentEnglish · 5 months agoYubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channelarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
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minus-squareKickMeElmo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoThere’s a firmware update that fixes the vulnerability. Kinda moot as long as you do updates. EDIT: Seems you have to buy a new key for that, but the difficulty of executing the vulnerability means it probably doesn’t matter anyway.
minus-squaresprack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoAlso requires $11k in gear and physical access to the key.
minus-squaredanski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI thought these device’s firmware were strictly read only and can’t get updates.
minus-squareKickMeElmo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 months agoApparently not. EDIT: It seems they actually are? So I guess if you’re at risk of having a national government try to break your security key, you should buy a new one.
There’s a firmware update that fixes the vulnerability. Kinda moot as long as you do updates.
EDIT: Seems you have to buy a new key for that, but the difficulty of executing the vulnerability means it probably doesn’t matter anyway.
Also requires $11k in gear and physical access to the key.
I thought these device’s firmware were strictly read only and can’t get updates.
Apparently not.
EDIT: It seems they actually are? So I guess if you’re at risk of having a national government try to break your security key, you should buy a new one.