International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics seeks papers for conference presentation
The 2020 International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF 2020) has issued a call for research papers in the areas…
spoofing
Pindrop report finds 90 voice fraud attacks occur every minute
Coinciding with the release Tuesday morning of deepfakes of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson endorsing opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn for…
Voice biometrics spoof nets fraudster $29M
The U.S. subsidiary of financial media giant Nikkei, has been victimized by a voice biometric spoof attack that netted a…
Chinese researchers reveal method to bypass biometric fingerprint scanners in smartphones
Chinese security researchers from X-Lab security at Tencent challenged fingerprint security in a presentation at the GeekPwn 2019 conference in…
FaceTec launches first biometric bounty program for liveness detection spoofing
FaceTec has launched a liveness detection spoof bounty program with a total of $30,000 possible payouts, the company announced. Ethical…
ID R&D scores lowest error rate for logical access in voice biometric spoofing challenge
The Global ASVspoof Challenge has been completed, with ID R&D announcing it achieved the highest accuracy evaluation in the logical…
Aware white paper examines the state of biometric liveness
The importance of liveness detection in mobile onboarding and a range of other use cases is clearly seen in the…
Concern over deepfakes, social media attitudes grows ahead of US elections
As the 2020 US presidential election inches closer, new efforts are underway to fight what’s expected to be an increase…
Reflectacles develops eyewear to bypass facial recognition systems
Chicago company Reflectacles believes it has the solution to concerns about the widespread deployment of facial biometrics. The company is…
Biometrics Institute offers biometric attack detection and liveness guidance
The Biometrics Institute has released a best practices document outlining presentation attack detection (PAD) and liveness in spoofing attacks. The…
