Security News

Security Gets Messy: Emerging Challenges from Biometrics, New Regulations, Insiders
2018-10-11 11:32

Information security professionals are facing increasingly complex threats—some new, others familiar but evolving.

Behavioral Biometrics: Key Challenges
2018-10-09 13:33

As more companies move away from passwords toward behavioral biometrics, they face new challenges, says Rajiv Dholakia, co-founder of the FIDO Alliance. "There are no standards as such in this...

ID R&D announces biometric authentication for messaging platforms
2018-09-25 06:30

ID R&D releases the biometric authentication technology for messaging. The new solution, SafeMessage, offers multi-layer authentication across messaging platforms without any impact to the user...

HID Global acquires Crossmatch to expand in biometric identity management
2018-09-24 15:30

HID Global announced that it has acquired Crossmatch from Francisco Partners. Crossmatch’s portfolio of products includes biometric identity management hardware and software that complement HID’s...

Why behavioral biometrics are the next hot security technology
2018-09-12 12:04

Biometrics, from fingerprints to iris- and facial-recognition, are advancing, with behavioral biometrics quickly becoming the security access of choice, says BioCatch VP Frances Zelazny.

These industries will soon be impacted by biometric security
2018-09-11 13:06

BioCatch's VP Frances Zelazny explains why companies are dropping passwords in favor of biometric security like fingerprint and iris scanners.

Number of smartphone users relying on software-only biometric security to grow 250%
2018-09-04 11:00

A new report from Juniper Research predicts that the biggest shift in mobile payment security will be the move towards software-based methods, which rely on standard smartphone components. The...

‘CamuBot’ Banking Malware Ups the Trojan Game with Biometric Bypass
2018-09-04 10:00

CamuBot is a unique malware targeting Brazilian bank customers that attempts to bypass biometric account protections.

NEXT Biometrics to provide software customization with FingerCell algorithm
2018-08-28 21:17

NEXT Biometrics announced it has purchased a source code license for the FingerCell algorithm from Neurotechnology. The algorithm allows developers of solutions incorporating NEXT Biometrics...

Scot.gov wins pals with pledge not to keep hold of innocents' mugshots and biometric data
2018-08-22 12:53

So why can't UK.gov do the same? – campaigners The Open Rights Group has backed the Scottish government's plans to immediately delete mugshots at the end of legal retention periods – something...