Windows 10: New Google USB-C Titan Security Keys in partnership with Yubico

Brink · Oct 14, 2019

Securing access to online accounts is critical for safeguarding private, financial, and other sensitive data online. Phishing - where an attacker tries to trick you into giving them your username and password - is one of the most common causes of data breaches. To protect user accounts, we’ve long made it a priority to offer users many convenient forms of 2-Step Verification (2SV), also known as two-factor authentication (2FA), in addition to Google’s automatic protections. These measures help to ensure that users are not relying solely on passwords for account security.

For users at higher risk (e.g., IT administrators, executives, politicians, activists) who need more effective protection against targeted attacks, security keys provide the strongest form of 2FA. To make this phishing-resistant security accessible to more people and businesses, we recently built this capability into Android phones, expanded the availability of Titan Security Keys to more regions (Canada, France, Japan, the UK), and extended Google’s Advanced Protection Program to the enterprise.

Starting tomorrow, you will have an additional option: Google’s new USB-C Titan Security Key, compatible with your Android, Chrome OS, macOS, and Windows devices.

USB-C Titan Security Key

We partnered with Yubico to manufacture the USB-C Titan Security Key. We have had a long-standing working and customer relationship with Yubico that began in 2012 with the collaborative effort to create the FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) standard, the first open standard to enable phishing-resistant authentication. This is the same security technology that we use at Google to protect access to internal applications and systems.

USB-C Titan Security Keys are built with a hardware secure element chip that includes firmware engineered by Google to verify the key’s integrity. This is the same secure element chip and firmware that we use in our existing USB-A/NFC and Bluetooth/NFC/USB Titan Security Key models manufactured in partnership with Feitian Technologies.

USB-C Titan Security Keys will be available tomorrow individually for $40 on the Google Store in the United States. USB-A/NFC and Bluetooth/NFC/USB Titan Security Keys will also become available individually in addition to the existing bundle. Bulk orders are available for enterprise organizations in select countries.

We highly recommend all users at a higher risk of targeted attacks to get Titan Security Keys and enroll into the Advanced Protection Program (APP), which provides Google’s industry-leading security protections to defend against evolving methods that attackers use to gain access to your accounts and data. You can also use Titan Security Keys for any site where FIDO security keys are supported for 2FA, including your personal or work Google Account, 1Password, Coinbase, Dropbox, Facebook, GitHub, Salesforce, Stripe, Twitter, and more.
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Source: https://security.googleblog.com/2019...available.html

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GeneDianoski · Oct 14, 2019

Can I use a Google Titan key to login to Windows 10 Pro?

In theory the Google Titan USB key should work with Windows 10 Pro, but I don't know how to get this setup. Is it even possible at this time? Doing some research it looks as if the Yubi key needs an application downloaded from the Yubi website and the key
gets setup that way, but I don't see anything for The Google Titan key anywhere. My laptop shows the key as U2F in the list -

But where does the setup happen?

GeneDianoski · Oct 14, 2019

Can I use a Google Titan key to login to Windows 10 Pro?

Thanks. I've read that article before. I find it bad for both MS and Google that you can use other security keys, but not a Titan key.

Barman58 · Oct 14, 2019

Security Key

This may be a scam leading to a Ransomware attack.

There are a number of USB Key systems that you purchase that replace the need to remember passwords, Our own Admin/Owner @z3r010 uses one. If you have one of those then you should have instructions with it on when and how to use it, allocate the applications on your system and their related passwords, to the key.

Google Offers a USB-Based Security Key for Password-Free Logins | Digital Trends

If you do not have this type of device then I would suspect a Scan / Attack

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