Security News

Payment Security: The Role of Behavioral Biometrics
2020-03-04 21:33

Behavioral biometrics can play an important role in thwarting ever more sophisticated payment fraud schemes, says Robert Capps of Mastercard, who provides a fraud-fighting update. In a video interview with Information Security Media Group at RSA 2020.

GreatHorn unveils biometric solution with keystroke analysis to match typing patterns
2020-02-26 04:00

GreatHorn, the leading cloud email security provider focused on managing risk from advanced email threats, unveiled the first and only biometric solution that effectively identifies compromised accounts and blocks takeover attempts by validating users with their unique typing patterns. The addition of Account Takeover Protection to the GreatHorn Email Security platform-which automatically combines data science, machine learning techniques, and technical analysis with human context-ensures that customers have the most comprehensive and powerful protection against the most sophisticated threats.

Google tests biometric authentication for Android autofill
2020-01-14 11:31

Google is testing out a feature to make Android's built-in password manager safer, according to online sleuths who have picked apart its software. You could use it to take autofill input from third-party password managers, or if you wanted to keep everything in your Google account, you could use autofill with Google's own password management service.

TypingDNA raises $7 million to advance the research and distribution of typing biometrics
2020-01-08 00:15

Behavioral-biometrics company TypingDNA announces that it raised a $7 million Series A round led by Gradient Ventures, Google's AI-focused venture fund. TypingDNA has developed proprietary artificial intelligence algorithms to authenticate users based on how they type.

SmartMetric’s biometric credit and debit card now has 9 years battery shelf life
2019-12-26 01:00

SmartMetric announces that its biometric credit and debit card has now a battery shelf life of over 9 years. The card’s biometric fingerprint sensor and internal processor powers on automatically...

NIST's New Biometrics Databases Offer Help With IAM
2019-12-20 17:03

Agency Also Releases Study on That Raises Concerns About Facial Recognition TechnologyThe National Institute of Standards and Technology has released three biometric datasets to help organizations...

Kanguru launches a new biometric fingerprint access flash drive
2019-12-09 04:15

Kanguru is proud to announce the launch of the world’s first OS Agnostic, Fingerprint Access Hardware Encrypted Flash Drive with remote management capability. This new biometric fingerprint access...

How to protect computers that store biometric data from malware
2019-12-05 09:00

More than a third of systems that handle biometric data were hit by at least one malware infection in the third quarter of 2019, according to a new Kaspersky report.

ThreatList: A Third of Biometric Systems Targeted by Malware in Q3
2019-12-03 21:08

A successful attack could wreak havoc, given the potential for biometric forgery, and a lack of options in the event one’s biometric profile is stolen.

Fingerprint Cards launches new side-mounted capacitive touch sensor for biometric authentication
2019-11-25 02:30

Fingerprint Cards announces the launch of a new side-mounted capacitive touch sensor for biometric authentication. Responding to customer demand, the slim FPC1540 sensor enables a range of the...