Security News

Windows Hello: This bank wants you to log into your account with your face or fingerprint (ZDNet)
2017-04-18 17:48

Similarities in partial fingerprints may trick biometric security systems (Help Net Security)
2017-04-11 19:45

No two people are believed to have identical fingerprints, but researchers at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering and Michigan State University College of Engineering have found...

Research shows smartphone fingerprint scanners aren't as secure as we think they are (TechRepublic)
2017-04-11 15:03

Federal Judge Rejects Fingerprint Collection (InfoRiskToday)
2017-02-23 17:09

US judge halts mass fingerprint harvesting by cops to unlock iPhones (The Register)
2017-02-23 00:54

Federal Court: Cops Can't Just Walk Into A Building And Force Unlock iPhones With Fingerprints (Forbes)
2017-02-22 21:08

Intermediate CA Caching Could Be Used to Fingerprint Firefox Users (Threatpost)
2017-02-22 18:41

The way Firefox caches intermediate CA certificates could allow for the fingerprinting of users and the leakage of browsing details, a researcher warns.

Now sites can fingerprint you online even when you use multiple browsers (ArsTechnica)
2017-02-14 01:22

Privacy 101: How your fingerprint could actually make your iPhone less secure (ZDNet)
2017-02-10 12:22

Duress Codes for Fingerprint Access Control (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-26 20:03

Mike Specter has an interesting idea on how to make biometric access-control systems more secure: add a duress code. For example, you might configure your iPhone so that either thumb or forefinger...