Monitoring synthetic voices as they get realer
In the United States, at least, nothing interesting happens until it happens to a celebrity. Nothing important happens until it…
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Crypto-Biometric Technology: Secure data with next-generation devices
Traditional biometric devices’ security limitations have led to the development of a cryptography-based biometric system, adding an extra layer of…
CyberArk Labs tests biometric presentation attacks against Windows Hello
Cybersecurity research firm CyberArk Labs has revealed data from its latest experiment focusing on a successful spoofing attempt of Windows…
Black box ploy to fool face biometrics announced by AI security firm
Adding a little calculated noise to digital photos of a face convinces some facial recognition systems that they are looking…
Indian police nab biometric spoofing gang
Police in the Indian state of Haryana say five persons suspected of perpetuating bank fraud using the biometric authentication mechanism…
Hackers spoofed biometric authentication videos to steal millions in China
A Chinese government facial recognition ID authentication tool recently was hacked, according to media reports. The biometric data stolen was…
Researchers show deepfakes can beat face biometric web services, propose defense strategy
Commonly used methods for generating deepfakes can result in images that regularly defeat face biometric algorithms, according to a new…
Research paper reveals deepfake technique that can deceive presentation attack detection tools
A new paper presented at the WACV 2021 online conference describes a new technique capable of deceiving presentation attack detection…
Selfies for sale: Stolen data for biometric spoofs available on mainstream internet
Some advice about biometrics from a fraudster discovered by Montreal-based cybersecurity firm Flare Systems: “Major cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase have…
Face morphing threat to biometric identity credentials’ trustworthiness a growing problem
Face morphing poses a significant threat to contemporary face biometrics, NIST Computer Scientist and International Face Performance Conference (IFPC) 2020…
