Across the fingerprint authentication democratizes on electronic devices. Brands boast this biometric technology as the future of security, it is nevertheless possible to hack these sensors easily.
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Most new smartphones using biometric authentication as a marketing argument, like the iPhone, the Galaxy or the Huawei Honor 7. Yet it could be that this alleged security, do not be a . A team of researchers has succeeded in luring fingerprint sensors with a simple inkjet printer!
Hack a fingerprint sensor, a breeze!
Researchers from the University of Michigan have managed to hack biometric sensors Huawei and Samsung by using a simple printer. They have managed to get into smartphones, as if it was theirs ... Rather alarming when you consider the large number of data contained in a terminal and we think they are secure behind a single fingerprint.
To achieve this feat, it was not necessary to have great knowledge, just to retrieve the owner's fingerprint and then print it on glossy paper with special ink. Several sensors of various brands have fallen into the trap. This is a first, because usually the previous hacks were made through 3D printing. A more complex and expensive technique, as developed by the University of Michigan.
This is a relatively important information, as more and more internet services considering the use of mobile applications that use biometrics to confirm an action. Several giants work on many mobile payment services via a validation by reading the fingerprint ... It is easy to imagine what malicious people could do with a smartphone, it is as simple to unlock!
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Most new smartphones using biometric authentication as a marketing argument, like the iPhone, the Galaxy or the Huawei Honor 7. Yet it could be that this alleged security, do not be a . A team of researchers has succeeded in luring fingerprint sensors with a simple inkjet printer!
Hack a fingerprint sensor, a breeze!
Researchers from the University of Michigan have managed to hack biometric sensors Huawei and Samsung by using a simple printer. They have managed to get into smartphones, as if it was theirs ... Rather alarming when you consider the large number of data contained in a terminal and we think they are secure behind a single fingerprint.
To achieve this feat, it was not necessary to have great knowledge, just to retrieve the owner's fingerprint and then print it on glossy paper with special ink. Several sensors of various brands have fallen into the trap. This is a first, because usually the previous hacks were made through 3D printing. A more complex and expensive technique, as developed by the University of Michigan.
This is a relatively important information, as more and more internet services considering the use of mobile applications that use biometrics to confirm an action. Several giants work on many mobile payment services via a validation by reading the fingerprint ... It is easy to imagine what malicious people could do with a smartphone, it is as simple to unlock!