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COMPANY NEWS: With 2024 behind us, we saw another challenging year in the world of cybersecurity – highlighted by new and evolving threats like Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven phishing and increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks overall.

State of Global Authentic(age)ion: A look at cybersecurity habits by generations
No generations were left untouched when it came to the threat of hackers in 2024: from the impact of political shakeups, to increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks targeting consumers, critical industries and infrastructures, the world was on high alert. Fueled by a dramatic increase in phishing attacks circumventing certain forms of legacy multi-factor authentication (MFA), as well as a rise in AI-driven cyber threats, bad actors were on the attack in record numbers.

Phishing-resistant users build phishing-resistant enterprises. With the growing sophistication of cyber threats, enterprises that can efficiently raise the bar for security helps ensure protection of users and their data to effectively drive digital acceleration.

COMPANY NEWS: To help organisations achieve phishing-resistance at scale, we recently announced  the general availability of  Yubico Enrollment Suite – a set of offerings that includes Yubico FIDO Pre-reg and the brand new YubiEnroll – which delivers choice to enterprises in how they fast-track to a phishing-resistant stance and go passwordless by pre-enrolling YubiKeys with their Identity Platform (IdP) before delivering to end users.

Enterprise users further empowered to be phishing-resistant and go passwordless on day one

COMPANY NEWS:  We’re excited to share that the YubiKey 5 FIPS Series latest 5.7.4 firmware has completed testing by our NIST accredited testing lab, and will be submitted to the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) for FIPS 140-3 validation, Overall Level 2 and Physical Level 3. This marks a significant milestone in our ongoing commitment to providing high-assurance security solutions to government agencies and highly regulated industries while aligning with the latest regulatory standards. 

Yubico FIDO Pre-reg and new YubiEnroll offering allow enterprises to go passwordless and seamlessly onboard employees with YubiKey enrollment

COMPANY NEWS: Yubico (NASDAQ: YUBICO),, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, announced the  Yubico Enrollment Suite – a set of offerings that include Yubico FIDO Pre-reg and the brand new YubiEnroll. Built on Yubico’s previously existing capabilities to pre-register FIDO credentials in bulk, the Yubico Enrollment Suite delivers choices for organisations on how to easily enroll YubiKeys on behalf of their users and enable them to accelerate onboarding of users.

As adoption of biometric logins continues to increase globally, enterprises and cybersecurity teams require stronger security combined with user convenience to improve user adoption of multi-factor authentication (MFA) and ensure productivity. Hardware security keys that leverage biometrics, like the Yubico Bio Series enable organisations to do so by offering portable, user-friendly seamless functionality – all while providing the highest level of authentication by facilitating passwordless login.

New research by hardware security key provider Yubico finds the most common login method remains the old username and password despite being the least secure option available today. Further, AI advances are making online scams even more successful. Yet, at the same time, many people don't know there are better options, and they're not being aided by employee onboarding which glosses over the subject.

GUEST RESEARCH: In the era of uncertainty with AI and an increase in cybersecurity breaches, Yubico, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, today shared the results of its 2024 Global State of Authentication survey, just in time for Cybersecurity Awareness Month kicking off next week.

CASE STUDY: Healthcare and social assistance is currently among the top 5 reporting sectors for cyber security incidents in Australia, with compromised accounts or credentials listed as the top exploit.

COMPANY NEWS:  Yubico has worked closely  with Microsoft for over a decade to keep businesses around the world and the Microsoft solutions they use both secure and phishing-resistant. Recognising the importance of multi-factor authentication (MFA), Microsoft recently mandated that MFA be used by all Azure users – a critical move to require stronger authentication for end users to prevent phishing attacks.

GUEST INTERVIEW: iTWire talks to Geoff Schomburgk, Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan at Yubico, about stopping your users being the targets of phishing attacks.

Snowflake has now released a feature allowing administrators to enforce MFA so users must enroll in it on login. Finally!

COMPANY NEWS: Sphere PR, a leading Sydney-based technology public relations agency, is marking its 18th year working with global brands in the tech security space. In celebration of this milestone, Sphere PR is excited to announce the launch of a new tailored cyber-crisis communications offering specifically designed for cybersecurity incidents and other technology outages.

COMPANY NEWS Sphere PR, a leading Sydney-based technology public relations agency, is marking its 18th year working with global brands in the tech security space. In celebration of this milestone, Sphere PR is excited to announce the launch of a new tailored cyber-crisis communications offering specifically designed for cybersecurity incidents and other technology outages.

COMPANY NEWS: Today Yubico, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, announced the upcoming release of YubiKey 5.7 firmware for the YubiKey 5 Series, Security Key Series and Security Key Series - Enterprise Edition. With a focus on enterprise needs, these updates reinforce Yubico’s commitment to providing secure, simple, and scalable authentication solutions.

 It's a daily story: user's credentials get stolen, whether by social engineering or other attack. Bad guy logs in to corporate network or user's email. Bad guy steals data, corrupts data, sends fake emails saying payment details have changed. And in every case it could have been thwarted by MFA. iTWire says organisations of all sizes can't leave hardware keys to end users; it must be driven from the top and must have a company-wide approach.

GUEST OPINION: Passkeys have taken the online security world by storm since their inception in mid-2022, even if the underlying technology can technically be traced back to Fido2 and its breakthrough onto the world stage in 2018. Popularity has no doubt exploded due to their widespread adoption by the world’s largest tech companies – who also happen to be the most used identity providers collectively – as millions of users begin to make the shift.

COMPANY NEWS: Microsoft has consistently been a pioneer and architect of digital innovations that raises the bar for what technology can accomplish – especially within cybersecurity. Their mission to empower every organisation to achieve more is highlighted in advancements in new products – including the recent announcement of Surface Pro 10 for Business which prioritises security and user experience.

GUEST RESEARCH: The election ecosystem is a prime target for cybersecurity threats and the 2024 United States election cycle will be no different. Though many security improvements have been made in recent years, bad actors continue to become more sophisticated in gaining access to private information – most often driven by phishing attacks.