{"id":134966,"date":"2015-08-13T08:08:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T06:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=134966"},"modified":"2015-08-13T08:10:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T06:10:13","slug":"dropbox-introduces-u2f-support-for-secure-authentication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/134966-dropbox-introduces-u2f-support-for-secure-authentication.html","title":{"rendered":"Dropbox introduces U2F support for secure authentication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dropbox is adding Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) security keys as an additional method for two-step verification to provide stronger authentication protection.<\/p>\n<p>The company said the optional security keys are an easy way to use two-step verification when signing into Dropbox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter typing in your password, just insert your key into a USB port when you\u2019re prompted, instead of typing in a six-digit code,\u201d said Dropbox.<\/p>\n<p>Security keys provide a stronger defence against credential theft attacks like phishing, where attackers can use fake websites to capture passwords and verification codes.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">How it works<\/h3>\n<p>For Dropbox subscribers to use Dropbox\u2019s U2F security keys, they will need a security key that follows an open standard called \u201cFIDO Universal 2nd Factor\u201d from the FIDO Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>This U2F key can then be set up with their Dropbox account and any other U2F-enabled services, such as Google.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, U2F is only supported for dropbox.com using the Chrome web browser.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Dropbox<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/120912-vodacom-users-to-get-free-dropbox-storage-backup-app.html\">Vodacom users to get free Dropbox storage, backup app<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quick-news\/113463-microsoft-teams-up-with-dropbox.html\">Microsoft teams up with Dropbox<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dropbox is adding Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) security keys as an additional method for two-step verification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":73498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[36,1922,32128,32126],"class_list":["post-134966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-active","tag-dropbox","tag-u2f","tag-universal-2nd-factor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134966"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134972,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134966\/revisions\/134972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}