Security News

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...

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.

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...

Fake Fingerprint Stickers for Gloves (Schneier on Security)
2016-11-14 15:26

There's a Kickstarter for a sticker that you can stick on a glove and then register with a biometric access system like an iPhone. It's an interesting security trade-off: swapping something you...