Yubico Unveils Holiday Deals Aimed at Strengthening Protection Against Hackers
Yubico, developer of the most secure passkey and the global leader in hardware authentication security keys, shared key tips for consumers to protect their accounts during a time of heightened digital risk and announced its biggest sale of the year , offering 30% off the YubiKey 5 NFC and YubiKey 5C NFC from November 24 to December 1.
A new survey from Yubico highlights the urgency of the situation: most respondents believe that online fraud and phishing attacks are becoming more sophisticated (78%) and successful (70%) due to the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The survey also found that the most commonly compromised passwords this holiday season relate to online shopping sites and social media apps.
“Phishing attacks tend to increase during the holiday shopping season, when shoppers’ attention is distracted and fraudsters seize the opportunity to increase their activity. Advances in AI are making phishing attacks more sophisticated and personalized, making relying on passwords alone a significant risk,” said Ronnie Manning, Chief Brand Advocate at Yubico. “This holiday season, it’s important for everyone to proactively protect their accounts with multi-factor authentication (MFA). Yubico is offering the most effective defense—upgrading to phishing-resistant YubiKey security keys—in an easy, accessible way.”
Digital Security Survival Kit: Top Tips from Yubico
Yubico urges consumers to ensure their digital security by taking these simple steps before booking a flight or clicking “buy now”:
- Make multi-factor authentication a priority: With so much of our lives happening online, staying safe online is more important than ever. Before you start your holiday shopping this year, take the time to review your most important online accounts. With modern MFA enabled using security keys or passkeys, even if a hacker gets hold of your login information, they won’t be able to access your accounts without them. If your social media, email, financial services, or other accounts are compromised, recovering them can be a time-consuming and complex process. It’s much smarter to protect your accounts with strong authentication in advance.
- Think before you click: Don’t be fooled by messages claiming to be from your bank, loan payment warnings, or SMS messages claiming to be about missed deliveries. If you’re concerned about the content of such messages, don’t follow any links or phone numbers in the messages; instead, contact your financial institution or delivery company directly.
- Use a password manager: Use complex, unique passwords for all your accounts. A password manager is especially recommended as it can store and auto-generate your passwords securely. It’s also important to always protect that password manager with MFA.
Just in time for the holiday season, Yubico is offering special discounts on its most popular phishing-resistant YubiKey security keys at its official online store and through major reseller partners.
Gifting just got easier: Yubico hosts its biggest sale of the year
Black Friday/Cyber Monday (November 24th – December 1st)
- What’s included: 30% off YubiKey 5 NFC and YubiKey 5C NFC.
- Available at Yubico.com and participating retail and reseller partners (discounts automatically applied).
Holiday Shopping (December 15th – December 23rd)
- Get $10 (or 10 euros/10 pounds) off purchases over $100 (or 100 euros/100 pounds, excluding tax).
- Eligible: Exclusively on Yubico.com .
About Yubico
Yubico (Nasdaq Stockholm: YUBICO) is a modern cybersecurity company on a mission to make the internet safer for everyone. As the inventor of the YubiKey, we set the gold standard for modern hardware – based authentication with anti-phishing capabilities, preventing account takeovers and making secure login simple.
Since 2007, we’ve helped shape global authentication standards , co-developing FIDO2, WebAuthn, and FIDO U2F, and introducing the original Passkey . Today, our Passkey technology protects people and organizations in over 160 countries and is transforming digital identity protection from onboarding to account recovery .
Trusted by the world’s most security-critical businesses, governments, and institutions, YubiKey works right out of the box with hundreds of apps and services, delivering fast, passwordless access without friction or compromise.
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