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Two iOS fitness apps have been found exploiting a sneaky user interface trick to fool users into making unwanted in-app purchases with Touch ID.
Continue reading Fitness-tracking apps caught misusing Touch ID to steal money from iPhone users
It’s the same principle as a master key, but applied to biometric identification with a high rate of success. Continue reading Researchers Created Fake ‘Master’ Fingerprints to Unlock Smartphones
After five failed attempts with the ‘wrong’ face, Apple’s Face ID system will fall back to asking a passcode; a tricky situation for investigators. Continue reading Cops Told ‘Don’t Look’ at New iPhones to Avoid Face ID Lock-Out
Pulling out an iPhone XS to show the assembled throng a picture of the hydrogen-powered aircraft that “our president should be flying in,” West casually unlocked it using the passcode ‘000000’. Continue reading What Kanye West can teach us about passcodes
We are entering a new age of digital security. Today, we’ve seen the spotlight back on facial recognition with global organizations like Apple and Samsung replacing their Touch ID fingerprint scanners in favor of the 3D facial technology. Apple c… Continue reading 3 Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Be Replacing Touch ID with Face ID
The practice doesn’t require a warrant but it left relatives feeling “disrespected and violated.” Continue reading Police try (and fail) to unlock phone with a dead man’s finger
In the first known instance of this technique, police tried using a dead man’s fingerprints to get past the protection of Apple’s Touch ID. Continue reading Police use dead man’s fingers to try to unlock his iPhone
A Vietnamese security company called Bkav claims it successfully bypassed Face ID authentication on Apple’s flagship iPhone X using – wait for it – a mask.
Continue reading Apple’s Face ID security fooled by simple face mask
The decryption key for Apple’s Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) firmware Posted Online by self-described “ARM64 pornstar” [xerub]. SEP is the security co-processor introduced with the iPhone 5s which is when touch ID was introduced. It’s a black box that we’re not supposed to know anything about but [xerub] has now pulled back the curtain on that.
The secure enclave handles the processing of fingerprint data from the touch ID sensor and determines if it is a match or not while it also enables access for purchases for the user. The SEP is a gatekeeper which prevents the main processor from …read more
Continue reading Apple’s Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) Firmware Decyrpted
Smartphones are already equipped with fingerprint and iris ID systems, but a Japanese company wants to ID you by the veins in your fingertips. But is it really more secure? Continue reading It Won’t Be Difficult to Spoof Smartphone Finger Vein Scanners