Security News

Hacking a Fingerprint Biometric
2017-11-09 20:45

Embedded in this story about infidelity and a mid-flight altercation, there's an interesting security tidbit: The woman had unlocked her husband's phone using his thumb impression when he was...

Heart Size: Yet Another Biometric
2017-11-02 10:01

Turns out that heart size doesn't change throughout your adult life, and you can use low-level Doppler radar to scan the size -- even at a distance -- as a biometric. Research paper (to be...

Visa Makes Biometrics Easier for Financial Institutions
2017-10-20 15:42

The acceptance and adoption of biometrics as a primary or second factor in multi-factor authentication has been considerably slower than expected. There are signs now, however, that it is finally...

U.S. Army to Protect Warfighters With Continuous Biometric Authentication (Security Week)
2017-08-17 13:04

U.S. Army to Deploy Continuous Biometric Authentication Cybersecurity Software to Protect Warfighters read more

Micro Market Vendor Warns of Bankcard And Biometric Data Breach (Threatpost)
2017-07-10 21:59

Avanti Markets notified customers of a possible breach of personal and payment card data as well as biometric user information that likely occurred July 4.

PoS malware hits food kiosks, steals payment card and biometric info (Help Net Security)
2017-07-10 17:31

PoS malware can lurk in the most unexpected of places, and some have recently been found in the payment kiosks by US-based vendor Avanti, stealing payment card and biometric information. Those...

Hacking the Galaxy S8's Iris Biometric (Schneier on Security)
2017-05-26 17:50

It was easy: The hackers took a medium range photo of their subject with a digital camera's night mode, and printed the infrared image. Then, presumably to give the image some depth, the hackers...