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Re: Pressing YubiKeys

#161

> If you work in tech, you probably have a YubiKey That is a gross overstatement. As someone who works for a pre-IPO startup and been in the bay in various startups for a number of years, I'd hazard that only 5-10% of the engineers had YubiKey, let alone "work in tech". Whether or not we _should_ is another question.

Agreed. That turned me off to the article. Made it sound like an ad.

Re: Pressing YubiKeys

#162
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Adaprox has various "finger bots" for those who don't want to build their own: https://www.adaprox.io/

This is all great, but not steampunk enough ;) Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-fcfGwepog Now, electrifying that would be neat!

Well that just took me down a several hour rabbit hole. Thank you.

Re: Pressing YubiKeys

#163
post #110

Urban myth: somebody taped a hotdog to the CD drive tray of their workstation, and put the yubikey right in front of it. Then, whenever they needed to touch the YK while not physically in front of the workstation, a quick `eject /dev/cdrom` did the trick ;)

    if mount | grep cdrom ; then
      echo hotdog
    else
      echo nothotdog
    fi

Re: Pressing YubiKeys

#164
post #107

Ways they could solve their problem without significantly compromising security: 1. Plug the yubikey into the monitor 2. Use an extension cord (as they did) 3. Switch back to an otp app (eg Google authenticator or Duo) 4. Credit to conk [1] or agl [2]: extend the conductivity via conductive foil or other material, connect to ground to simulate touch Ways you can improve convenience while reducing security: 1. This! 2…

Security isn’t binary. This mechanism is more secure than no 2FA, because off the shelf malware isn’t gonna prod around your local network and look for a self built finger contraption. Furthermore, if someone does trigger it, the thing will move and you’ll hopefully realise you’re haxx’d.

Re: Pressing YubiKeys

#166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This seemed odd to me as well - anecdata, but I have yet to work at any company that uses YubiKeys, I have only heard that FB does.

FWIW Amazon / AWS also use YubiKeys.

Google and Amazon are both well known to use hardware that is similar to a Yubikey, but not exactly the same.

Re: Pressing YubiKeys

#167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand the threats, risk, or solution here.

Threat is that the mobile devices could be used to 1) photograph proprietary systems, 2) exfil data over mobile networks or potentially introduce 3) malware via usb ports. I don't really get how bolting the devices is a solution for enabling 2FA, unless the access console is also at the same location. But it would prevent 1) and 3).

You look at the code and then you walk back to your desk to enter it.

Re: Pressing YubiKeys

#168
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Adaprox has various "finger bots" for those who don't want to build their own: https://www.adaprox.io/

There is also MicroBot: https://microbot.is/push/ I used it for testing smart meters in Norway, so we did not need to run to the lab to trigger events. The best part is that the whole menu is interactive by just one physical button, a great job for a Bluetooth button pusher + Python. It is also capacitive so it work on the phone screen, and YubiKeys (?)

The support site appears to have an expired cert. Are they still in business (or just limping along)?
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