Your smartphone fingerprint reader could be hacked using paper and ink

Security researchers have tricked the fingerprint sensor on two smartphones with an inkjet printer, special silver conductive ink and paper. Continue reading Your smartphone fingerprint reader could be hacked using paper and ink

Hack a mobile phone’s fingerprint sensor in 15 minutes

Two researchers from Michigan State University’s biometrics group have devised a method for hacking mobile phone’s fingerprint authentication by using just a color inkjet printer, a special type of paper and ink. Hacking the fingerprint sensor The attack is easy to execute. The first step is to scan the target’s fingerprint image at 300 dpi or higher resolution. Then, the image is mirrored and the original or binarized fingerprint image is printed on the glossy … More Continue reading Hack a mobile phone’s fingerprint sensor in 15 minutes