Google Android FPC Iris TZ App Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system from Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA in the U.S. The FPC Iris TZ App is one of the iris recognition components. A security vulnerability exists in the FPC Iris TZ App in Android. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to...

Google Android FPC Iris TZ App Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system from Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA in the U.S. The FPC Iris TZ App is one of the iris recognition components. A security vulnerability exists in the FPC Iris TZ App in Android. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to elevate...

Google Android FPC Iris TZ App Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system from Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA in the U.S. The FPC Iris TZ App is one of the iris recognition components. A security vulnerability exists in the FPC Iris TZ App in Android. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to elevate...

'Unhackable' Biometric USB Offers Up Passwords in Plain Text

A USB stick dubbed eyeDisk that uses iris recognition to unlock the drive claims to be “unhackable” – only, it isn’t. In fact, a simple Wireshark analysis revealed the device’s password – in plain text. David Lodge of Pen Test Partners noticed the product on Kickstarter, where it amassed enough...

eyeDisk. Hacking the unhackable. Again

Last year, about the time we were messing around with a virtually unheard-of hardware wallet we got a bit excited about the word “unhackable”. Long story short, I ended up supporting a selection of kickstarters that had the word “unhackable” or similar in their title. Of these, at least one got...

Samsung Eyeing Iris Recognition for New Phones

Samsung announced this week that in order to bolster security, it plans to incorporate biometric sensors such as eye scanners into more of its products – even its low-end devices – in the near future. The move would bring an added layer of security to its devices and could wind up tying into in t...

The Nose Knows

Researchers at Bath University have unveiled a system where noses, not fingerprints or irises, could be scanned and used for biometric authentication. Using a system called PhotoFace, first developed at the University of the West of England Bristol and Imperial College London, individuals had...