Security News > 2020 > April > ‘Fake Fingerprints’ Bypass Scanners with 3D Printing

New research has found that it's possible to use 3D printing technology to create "Fake fingerprints" that can bypass most fingerprint scanners used by popular devices.

Cisco Talos today came out with some new research regarding how these scanners can be defeated using different technologies like 3D printing, and basically looking at fingerprint scanners and the security behind them in general.

Then I think the other one was basically, like if somebody took a picture of your thumb - which, as a hilarious side story, my colleague, one of the researchers, Paul and I were working one day, and Paul is huge into 3D printing.

I think as 3D printing technology advances, this is going to continue to get easier and easier.

CW: I think we will see evolutions in 3D printing technology, especially for home users.

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https://threatpost.com/fake-fingerprints-bypass-scanners-3d-printing/154535/