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by rejberg 2822 days ago
What do you mean by a MITM phishing attack?

U2F credentials are tied to a particular domain, and so do not rely on the user making sure they are on the correct website. As such, they are not susceptible to typical credential phishing attacks.

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Things like this: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/157756/mitm-att...

This is assuming an owned machine. Not the easiest attack but still possible. Obviously things like Google Authenticator (while good) are even more susceptible to MITM phishing.

If the machine is owned it's trivial to dig the cookie jar once you're logged in.