Researchers develop prototype app that blocks voice hacking attacks
A new study by the University at Buffalo’s (UB) School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has found that voice-based smartphone…
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CCC researchers use iris image to breach Samsung Galaxy S8 scanner
Researchers from the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) have successfully breached the Samsung Galaxy S8’s iris recognition system to unlock the…
BBC reporter and his twin dupe HSBC voice ID recognition system
HSBC’s voice ID authentication software designed to prevent bank fraud has been duped by BBC Click reporter Dan Simmons and…
Idiap study explores impact of score fusion on voice biometrics, presentation attack detection
Researchers at Idiap Research Institute Biometrics Group in Switzerland have conducted an extensive study of eight presentation attack detection (PAD…
Novetta VP appointed to ISO editor position
Novetta vice president of special projects, Michael Thieme, has been appointed editor of ISO/IEC 30107-4, a performance testing standard related…
Researchers find smartphone fingerprint sensors potentially vulnerable to “MasterPrints”
Smartphone fingerprint sensors could be fooled up to 65 percent of the time by “MasterPrints” digitally composed from common fingerprint…
Crossmatch wins $5.8M IARPA contract
Crossmatch has been awarded a $5.8 million contract to develop next-generation presentation attack detection (PAD) technologies for the Intelligence Advanced…
Biometrics in security: protecting sensitive PII and the sanctity of user identity
This is a guest post by David D. Dunlap, Co-Founder and Senior VP of Corporate Planning, StoneLock Our personal identity…
iBeta wraps up spoofing and liveness testing project
iBeta Quality Assurance, a full-service biometrics, software quality, security, and performance testing lab, recently completed a successful project for a…
IARPA launching two programs aimed at making fingerprints more reliable biometrics
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), the intelligence community’s research arm, will soon launch two programs designed to detect fake…
