Biometrics for banking and financial services market to reach $8.9 billion by 2026

The turn of next decade is expected to be more challenging for banks and financial institutions as security breaches become more sophisticated with technology advancements. Money laundering has become more widespread representing about 2%-5% of global … Continue reading Biometrics for banking and financial services market to reach $8.9 billion by 2026

Biometrics Could Hold the Key to Vaccine Passports

The development of COVID-19 vaccines has been a significant milestone in providing relief and protecting people against the worldwide pandemic, with more than 335 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered around the world so far, according to … Continue reading Biometrics Could Hold the Key to Vaccine Passports

DefakeHop: A deepfake detection method that tackles adversarial threat detection and recognition

Army researchers developed a deepfake detection method that will allow for the creation of state-of-the-art soldier technology to support mission-essential tasks such as adversarial threat detection and recognition. This work specifically focuses on a … Continue reading DefakeHop: A deepfake detection method that tackles adversarial threat detection and recognition

Contextual Biometrics for Improved Application Security

Securing mobile devices and mobile applications is a nuisance. Security best practices dictate having authentication methods to log in and open the device, and that users should log off every app after each use. Best practices, however, are inconvenie… Continue reading Contextual Biometrics for Improved Application Security

Number of users of software-based facial recognition for payments to surge

The number of users of software-based facial recognition to secure payments will exceed 1.4 billion globally by 2025, from just 671 million in 2020, a Juniper Research study reveals. This rapid growth of 120% demonstrates how widespread facial recognit… Continue reading Number of users of software-based facial recognition for payments to surge

Tom Cruise, TikTok and Fraud: How to combat DeepFakes

In this blog, we look into how the TikTok videos of Tom Cruise were created and the malicious implications of the technology.
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Verkada breach spotlights ongoing concerns over surveillance firms’ security

Even for Elisa Costante, who studies vulnerabilities in surveillance devices for a living, the breach at the security-camera startup Verkada was startling.  A group of hackers earlier this month claimed to have access to some 150,000 live-camera feeds that Verkada maintains in schools, prisons and hospitals. The incident provided outsiders with an entry into live video feeds at companies including Tesla, and enabled hackers to access archived video from Verkada subscribers. “It really opens the eyes on what can happen” when an attacker exploits access to a web of insecure surveillance devices, said Costante, a senior director at security vendor Forescout Technologies. The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced an indictment against Tillie Kottman, one of the people who claimed responsibility for the incident, for alleged computer and wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The charges don’t mention the Verkada breach, and accuses Kottmann, who lives in Switzerland, and others […]

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More secure two-factor ID system requires users to make faces

Although facial ID verification tech may seem pretty impressive, it can be thwarted. An experimental new system is claimed to be more foolproof, by requiring users to make specific facial movements.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinking, LifestyleTags… Continue reading More secure two-factor ID system requires users to make faces