Apple Touch ID Flaw Could Have Let Attackers Hijack iCloud Accounts

Apple earlier this year fixed a security vulnerability in iOS and macOS that could have potentially allowed an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a user's iCloud account. Uncovered in February by Thijs Alkemade, a security specialist at IT security firm Computest, the flaw resided in Apple's...

Apple Touch ID Flaw Could Have Let Attackers Hijack iCloud Accounts

Apple earlier this year fixed a security vulnerability in iOS and macOS that could have potentially allowed an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a user's iCloud account. Uncovered in February by Thijs Alkemade, a security specialist at IT security firm Computest, the flaw resided in Apple's...

CVE-2019-18619

Incorrect parameter validation in the synaTee component of Synaptics WBF drivers using an SGX enclave all versions prior to 2019-11-15 allows a local user to execute arbitrary code in the enclave that can compromise confidentiality of enclave data via APIs that accept invalid pointers...

Nationwide Facial Recognition Ban Proposed By Lawmakers

Lawmakers have proposed legislation that would indefinitely ban the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement nationwide. The new bill comes after months of public concerns surrounding facial recognition’s implications for data privacy, government surveillance and racial bias. The...

WebAuthn Passwordless Authentication Now Available for Atlassian Products

Atlassian solutions are widely used in the software development industry. Many teams practicing agile software development rely on these applications to manage their projects. Issue-tracking application Jira, Git repository BitBucket, continuous integration and deployment server Bamboo, and team...

11 security tips to help stay safe in the COVID-19 era

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our daily routines, the ways we work, and our reliance on technology. Many of us are now working remotely, students are attending classes virtually, and we’re relying more on social media and social networks to stay connected as we define what our new normal look...

ACLU Sues Clearview AI Over Faceprint Collection, Sale

The American Civil Liberties Union ACLU has sued a New York-based startup for amassing a database of biometric face-identification data of billions of people and selling it to third parties without their consent or knowledge The U.S. citizens’-rights watchdog organization has filed suit in the...

Protect your accounts with smarter ways to sign in on World Passwordless Day

As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19, our lives have become increasingly dependent on digital interactions. Operating at home, we’ve had to rely on e-commerce, telehealth, and e-government to manage the everyday business of life. Our daily online usage has increased by over 20 percent...

Researchers Uncover Novel Way to De-anonymize Device IDs to Users' Biometrics

Researchers have uncovered a potential means to profile and track online users using a novel approach that combines device identifiers with their biometric information. The details come from a newly published research titled "Nowhere to Hide: Cross-modal Identity Leakage between Biometrics and...

The passwordless present: Will biometrics replace passwords forever?

When it comes to securing your sensitive, personally identifiable information against criminals who can engineer countless ways to snatch it from under your nose, experts have long recommended the use of strong, complex passwords. Using long passphrases with combinations of numbers, letters, and...

Fingerprint cloning: Myth or reality?

Phone, computer fingerprint scanners can be defeated with 3-D printing By Paul Rascagneres and Vitor Ventura. Executive summaryPasswords are the traditional authentication methods for computers and networks. But passwords can be stolen. Biometric authentication seems the perfect solution for that...

3D printed fingerprints can unlock your device with 80% success rate

By Sudais Asif Researchers have demonstrated how 3D printing can be used to clone fingerprints with an 80% success rate of bypassing biometric security. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 3D printed fingerprints can unlock your device with 80% success rate...

CVE-2018-21062

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N7.x and O8.x software. When biometric authentication is disabled, an attacker can view Streams content e.g., a Gallery slideshow of a locked Secure Folder via a connection to an external device. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11766 August 2018...

Authentication flaw

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N7.x and O8.x software. When biometric authentication is disabled, an attacker can view Streams content e.g., a Gallery slideshow of a locked Secure Folder via a connection to an external device. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11766 August 2018...

CVE-2018-21062

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N7.x and O8.x software. When biometric authentication is disabled, an attacker can view Streams content e.g., a Gallery slideshow of a locked Secure Folder via a connection to an external device. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11766 August 2018...

CVE-2018-21062

The CVE-2018-21062 entry covers Samsung mobile devices running N(7.x) and O(8.x). The vulnerability allows an attacker to view Streams content (e.g., a Gallery slideshow) of a locked Secure Folder by connecting an external device when biometric authentication is disabled. The underlying impact is...

A Cheap 3D Printer Can Trick Smartphone Fingerprint Locks

With a budget of just $2,000, researchers could fool biometric scanners 80 percent of the time...

CVE-2018-21062: Improper Authentication

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N7.x and O8.x software. When biometric authentication is disabled, an attacker can view Streams content e.g., a Gallery slideshow of a locked Secure Folder via a connection to an external device. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11766 August 2018...

Covid-19 Spurs Facial Recognition Tracking, Privacy Fears

In the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, facial recognition technology is being adopted globally as a way to track the virus’ spread. But privacy experts worry that, in the rush to implement COVID-19 tracking capabilities, important and deep rooted issues around data collection and...

ACLU Sues Over U.S. Airport Facial-Recognition Technology

The American Civil Liberties Union ACLU has filed suit the Department of Homeland Security DHS over its use of facial recognition technology in airports, decrying the government’s “extraordinarily dangerous path” to normalize facial surveillance as well as its secrecy in making specific details o...