With strong support from Google, Microsoft and other vendors, WebAuthN is poised to become a true standard for passwordless authentication over the web.

Cryptography experts point out that new WebAuthn protocol recommends or requires the implementation of old and weak algorithms known to be vulnerable to attacks for years ...

WebAuthn is a specification to allow browsers to expose hardware authentication devices—USB, Bluetooth, or NFC—to sites on the Web. These hardware devices enable users to prove their identity ...

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced that the Web Authentication API (WebAuthn) is an official web standard for password-free logins on the web.

After Firefox introduced WebAuthn support in early May, the latest version of Chrome supports the new standard too.

WebAuthn starts with enrollment. You visit a site or use an app that supports the standard, prove your identity, and then plug in your WebAuthn-equipped key like the YubiKey 5Ci, and tap it.

A standard has been released that could end the need for passwords to online banking. The specification, called WebAuthn, provides a common way for browsers to accept fingerprint, facial and other ...

Using a smartphone for two-factor authentication is easy, but it's not as secure as you might think. The real future for secure 2FA lies in the WebAuthn and Universal 2nd Factor standards.

Auth0, the modern identity platform, today announced the launch of Auth0 WebAuthn Passwordless, an authentication feature that enables end-users to se ...

The World Wide Web Consortium and the FIDO Alliance have certified WebAuthn as an official Web standard, allowing users of compatible browsers — Safari among them — to turn to hardware logins ...