Cybersecurity predictions for 2019
As a digital technology, biometrics are almost always bound up in some way with cybersecurity. With that in mind, Biometric…
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Hackers beware: passive biometrics is turning the tables on cybercrime
This is a guest post by Robert Capps, vp and authentication strategist at NuData Security, a Mastercard company. Halloween or…
DHS works to strengthen election security on heels of bipartisan legislation
What one congressional observer called, “a day late and a dollar short,” the bipartisan Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018…
Juniper Research predicts 146 billion digital records will be stolen by 2023
The number of digital records stolen by cybercriminals will increase by 175 percent from 12 billion in 2018 to 33…
Japan professor reveals that exposing fingertips in photo could result in ID theft
A Japanese professor has discovered that people could potentially open themselves up to identity theft if they show their fingertips…
House oversight committee OPM breach report calls for zero trust model, empowered CIOs
House Oversight Committee Republicans blasted the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Wednesday in a report on the 2014-2015 theft…
Comelec says no biometrics data leaked in database breach
Yesterday, the Philippines Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that fingerprints, signatures, and photos were not included in the recent hacking…
Fingerprint and passport data leaked in Philippines voter database breach
According to a report by Trend Micro, a massive breach of the database of the Philippines’ Commission on Elections (COMELEC)…
DOJ drops case against Apple after accessing iPhone
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice said that it had discovered how to unlock an iPhone without assistance from…
Apple battles FBI over iPhone backdoor
Apple‘s standoff with the the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) continues to garner a tremendous amount of attention across the…
