Novel techniques that can ‘trick’ object detection systems sounds familiar alarm
Security engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) early this month announced they’d been able to develop “new adversarial techniques” that…
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Hack of Samsung Galaxy S10 ultrasonic fingerprint sensor suggests no liveness detection
The ultrasonic biometric fingerprint scanner on a Samsung Galaxy S10 has been hacked with a 3D-printed copy of the phone…
Why your biometric data is different from your password
This is a guest post by Dr. Asem Othman, Veridium Team Lead, Biometric Science. Biometric authentication has been billed as…
Web video, photos, or siblings can spoof Samsung Galaxy S10 facial recognition
The facial recognition capabilities of Android smartphones are being criticized as insufficiently secure, after a parade of tech commentators, journalists,…
Standardized testing for biometrics
Standardized biometric presentation attack detection (PAD) testing is finally here, bringing accountability to the biometrics industry, itself charged with providing…
Researchers developing sophisticated biometric spoof detection system with IARPA backing
A researcher at the University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute is working with an international team to build spoof-proof…
FaceTec scores perfect Level-2 biometric presentation attack detection certification from iBeta
FaceTec has announced that its ZoOm 3D Face Authentication has passed the rigorous Level-2 anti-spoofing certification test by iBeta for…
IntelliVision beefs up its face recognition tech with liveness detection
IntelliVision announced today the addition of anti-spoofing to its face recognition technology, ensuring that photos, screen-based images or even videos…
More than a third of smartphone facial biometric systems defeated with photo
Printed photos of a smartphone user were sufficient to unlock 42 out of 110 devices (38 percent) with facial recognition,…
Black Hat presentation on spoofing Face ID cancelled over incomplete research
A presentation on defeating Apple’s Face ID biometrics scheduled for Black Hat Asia in March has been cancelled after the…
