$10k challenge to breach crypto wallet secured with biometric liveness detection
ITBiometrics is offering a $10,000 prize to the hacker that can breach the ITBx, its “ultra-secure, cold hardware fingerprint wallet”…
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Researcher uses 3D-printed fingerprint to spoof biometric authentication
Bypassing biometric authentication was not much of a challenge for hackers at this year’s Def Con virtual hacking conference, Infosecurity…
Biometrics Institute U.S. Online Conference
Biometrics Institute US Online Conference Virtual Event September 21 – 22, 2020 With this everchanging world, we’re facing the same,…
Faking vein scans is doable but maybe only after every single other option is exhausted
Researchers with access security player Duo Security have written about experiments they have conducted using near infrared light for authentication….
High-fashion, high-privacy glasses touted
An entrepreneur is developing a small line of eyewear designed to shade the wearer’s eyes or entire face from facial…
Intel takes the lead on DARPA effort to end machine-learning spoofing
The U.S. Department of Defense has recruited Intel Corp. and Georgia Tech to lead an effort to prevent criminals from…
Fingerprint biometrics for mobile devices perform badly in tests
Do you have something of immense value to lose from your phone, tablet, laptop or even from a locker protected…
House Intelligence Committee chairman praised Facebook policy on deepfakes
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Facebook’s announcement this past week of its “new…
Deepfake technology to manipulate videos found in TikTok, Douyin apps
ByteDance and TikTok have quietly created Face Swap, a feature that leverages deepfake technology to let users manipulate videos by…
Deepfakes: Increasing fake news and identity theft in 2020
This is a guest post by Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist at Thycotic. Earlier this year, a video was published…
