Security News

How to get Linux to see the FEITIAN fingerprint reader for FIDO2 security
2020-11-30 18:30

If you've purchased a FEITIAN FIDO2 device and can't seem to get it working with Linux, Jack Wallen shows you how. That's fundamentally how FIDO2 works, and there are plenty of companies that make such devices.

Mastercard, IDEMIA and MatchMove develop biometric card with fingerprint authorization
2020-10-21 23:45

Mastercard has teamed up with IDEMIA and MatchMove on their first pilot in Asia of a biometric card that uses a fingerprint to authorize transactions at in-store payment terminals. Developed by IDEMIA in accordance with Mastercard's technical and design specifications, F.CODE Easy ensures privacy and security by storing all biometric credentials on the card chip rather than a central database.

Nmap 7.90 released: New fingerprints, NSE scripts, and Npcap 1.0.0
2020-10-05 08:49

Over a year has passed since Nmap had last been updated, but this weekend Gordon "Fyodor" Lyon announced Nmap 7.90. First and foremost, Nmap 7.90 comes with Npcap 1.0.0, the first completely stable version of the raw packet capturing/sending driver for Windows.

Researchers Fingerprint Exploit Developers Who Help Several Malware Authors
2020-10-02 03:18

To this effect, cybersecurity researchers on Friday detailed a new methodology to identify exploit authors that use their unique characteristics as a fingerprint to track down other exploits developed by them. "Instead of focusing on an entire malware and hunting for new samples of the malware family or actor, we wanted to offer another perspective and decided to concentrate on these few functions that were written by an exploit developer," Check Point Research's Itay Cohen and Eyal Itkin noted.

Infineon and Fingerprint Cards partner to enable mass deployment of biometric payment cards
2020-08-16 23:30

Biometric payment cards with an integrated fingerprint sensor make contactless payments more convenient, more secure and hygienic. Infineon Technologies and Fingerprint Cards have joined forces to enable mass deployment of this emerging solution.

How to add fingerprint authentication to your Windows 10 computer
2020-07-30 18:54

You can easily add a fingerprint reader to your computer if one isn't already built in. If you have a laptop without a built-in reader, or you want to add fingerprint recognition to your desktop PC, you can enlist the aid of a third-party reader.

Critical Bugs and Backdoor Found in GeoVision's Fingerprint and Card Scanners
2020-06-25 03:15

GeoVision, a Taiwanese manufacturer of video surveillance systems and IP cameras, recently patched three of the four critical flaws impacting its card and fingerprint scanners that could've potentially allowed attackers to intercept network traffic and stage man-in-the-middle attacks. The first issue concerns a previously undocumented root password that permits an attacker backdoor access to a device by simply using the default password and remotely log in to the vulnerable device.

BOE and Qualcomm develop display products featuring Qualcomm 3D Sonic fingerprint sensors
2020-04-16 00:30

BOE Technology Group and Qualcomm Technologies announce their plans to establish a strategic collaboration to develop innovative display products featuring Qualcomm 3D Sonic ultrasonic fingerprint sensors. This collaboration is expected to extend from mobile and associated 5G technologies to XR and IoT. BOE's expertise in interface devices and smart IoT systems combined with Qualcomm Technologies' broad product portfolio, makes this an ideal collaboration for the 5G era, in which consumers can expect extraordinary performance improvements resulting from the tight integration of both Companies' multiple key technologies, including sensors, antennae, display picture processing, etc.

Fingerprint-Exposing Flaw in OnePlus 7 Phone Highlights TEE Issues
2020-04-14 13:03

OnePlus 7 Pro devices made by China-based smartphone manufacturer OnePlus Technology were affected by a vulnerability that could have been exploited to obtain users' fingerprints. Synopsys will release technical details at a later date, but a brief advisory made public on Tuesday reveals that the vulnerability could have been exploited by a malicious Android application with root privileges on the targeted OnePlus 7 Pro phone to obtain bitmap fingerprint images from the device's trusted execution environment, an area designed to keep sensitive data and code isolated and protected against unauthorized access.

Cisco Research Shows High Success Rate in Bypassing Fingerprint Authentication
2020-04-08 13:38

Cisco has conducted a research project on bypassing fingerprint authentication systems and it achieved a success rate of roughly 80 percent, but the company's experts were unsuccessful against Windows devices. In the case of mobile phones, the researchers bypassed fingerprint authentication on a majority of devices.