AI poses threat to biometric authentication, new report warns; but how soon?
The rise and evolution of “convincing deepfake technology poses a severe threat to traditional authentication systems that rely on visual…
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Researchers explore morph attacks on contactless fingerprint biometrics
In today’s smartphone market, almost every new device comes equipped with some form of biometric authentication for enhanced security. While…
Rumors of liveness detection’s defeat have been greatly exaggerated
Photo and video face filters are perhaps the most mainstream use case for augmented reality – and an illustrative test…
NYU research combines subject and age sets to improve aged-face imaging
Biometrics researchers in the U.S. have managed to preserve genuine facial identifiers while aging images of people’s faces. A team…
Researchers reveal PVC pipe spoof threat to voice biometrics
Digital security engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a weakness in automatic speaker identification systems that can be…
Native smartphone face biometrics can be spoofed; UK consumer groups freaks out
Smartphone face biometrics from many leading brands are vulnerable to spoof attacks with 2D photographs, according to a new report…
Indian police nab fraudsters who cloned fingerprints to spoof Aadhaar
Police in the Indian city of Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh State have busted a gang of fraudsters which had been…
Stolen passport photos, fraudsters and facial fusion technology pose a threat to national security
By Vladimir Arlazarov, PhD, Smart Engines CEO Not all leaks of personal data are equally dangerous. When data from online…
Def Con contest pits hackers against facial recognition systems
A new contest was announced at the hacker convention Def Con in Las Vegas, pitting teams against each other as…
Digital identity verification spending to pass $20B by 2027, but security challenges remain
Businesses around the world are spending $11.6 billion on digital identity verification this year, and that amount will nearly double…
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