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In practice, no. Key loggers are a minuscule threat to account security compared to weak passwords and password reuse. But lets say you are in fact a user that
by psanford 3y ago
In practice, no. Key loggers are a minuscule threat to account security compared to weak passwords and password reuse.
But lets say you are in fact a user that gets targeted by an adversary capable of deploying a key logger against you. Does TOTP protect you? No! If you are compromised to that point, the attacker is also in a position to just hijack your sessions.
There isn't a threat model out there that is trying to solve the problem of "my end user device has been compromised but I still want to be able to use it to access sensitive systems without those systems being compromised."
- hirsin 3y agoToken binding was the closest we had - still lets a compromised endpoint in the right position steal and use the tokens from that device, but it's at least not persistent.
- Takennickname 3y agoTrue
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoKeyloggers may not threaten people who habitually use personal devices, but I can see them still looming large for those who rely on public computers, in libraries, schools, coworking spaces, etc. YMMV.