Discover the latest trends and news in biometrics, the pivotal tool in information security for unique human identification and access control.
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Biometrics authenticate users by analyzing unique physical or behavioral traits like fingerprints, facial features, iris patterns, or voice. These traits are converted into digital templates stored for comparison during access attempts, enabling identity verification without passwords or tokens. This method aims to strengthen authentication by relying on characteristics that are difficult to replicate exactly.
Security concerns include the risk of biometric template theft, which is problematic because biometric traits cannot be changed if compromised. Attackers may also use spoofing techniques, such as fake fingerprints or replayed biometric data, to bypass sensors. Effective defenses involve encrypting stored biometric data, implementing liveness detection to confirm traits come from a live person, and combining biometrics with additional authentication factors to reduce single points of failure. Proper protection of biometric data is essential to maintain both security and user privacy.
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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called Herodotus that has been observed in active campaigns targeting Italy and Brazil to conduct device takeover (DTO) attacks
Google has agreed to pay the U.S. state of Texas nearly $1.4 billion to settle two lawsuits that accused the company of tracking users' personal location and maintaining their facial recognition data without consent
Google has launched a new feature called Identity Check for supported Android devices that locks sensitive settings behind biometric authentication when outside of trusted locations
Details have emerged about a now-patched security flaw impacting Apple's Vision Pro mixed reality headset that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious attackers to infer data entered on the device's virtual keyboard
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, agreed to a record $1.4 billion settlement with the U.S. state of Texas over allegations that it illegally collected biometric data of millions of users without their permission, marking one of the largest penalties levied by regulators against the tech giant
An analysis of a hybrid biometric access system from Chinese manufacturer ZKTeco has uncovered two dozen security flaws that could be used by attackers to defeat authentication, steal biometric data, and even deploy malicious backdoors
U.S. President Joe Biden has issued an Executive Order that prohibits the mass transfer of citizens' personal data to countries of concern
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of an Android banking malware called Chameleon that has expanded its targeting to include users in the U.K. and Italy
X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, has updated its privacy policy to collect users’ biometric data to tackle fraud and impersonation on the platform