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188 – Yubikey Vulnerability

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In this episode we’re diving into an important topic that concerns one of the most trusted hardware security tokens on the market—the YubiKey 5 series.

We’ll discuss a recently discovered vulnerability affecting YubiKeys and go over what it means for the broader world of authentication and cryptographic security. To help you fully understand the issue, I’ll also provide a quick primer on key concepts like digital signatures, elliptic curves, and the cryptographic algorithm known as ECDSA.
With that said, this episode is an update as well as a main topic  and all in all it will give you the tools you need to stay informed and protected.

– https://www.yubico.com: Yubico Advisories
– https://ninjalab.io: The research 

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