CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the transition to convenient and more secure ways of paying. How can banks ensure that the right protection is in place to keep a positive perception about payments’ safety and security? Bringing biometrics to the payment card.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 11, 2023

The global biometrics market is expected to grow to a staggering $82.9 Biometrics are known to have been a boon to digital security and data protection, but there are a variety of other use cases across industries. What are biometrics? Biometrics systems work by comparing data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

From biometric bank cards to payment data protection, here are four payment technologies that can help retailers provide a smooth, seamless shopping experience for customers this Black Friday: EMV Tokenization. With enhanced security and fraud management, false declines get drastically reduced, leading to higher transaction approval rates.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 5, 2021

Many seem to home in and seethe over the price being too little for something as priceless and unique as their palm print, not realizing that when it does come to registering biometric data in general, everyone gives their prints away for free. ” To a degree, this is true.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2022

From ransomware and scams to security frameworks and employee privacy, our 2021 ‘greatest hits’ show how broad the areas of cybersecurity and data protection can be. There’s plenty of food for thought and perspective for anyone in security leadership or privacy roles in their organisations. Thumbs down for fingerprint scanners?

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As much as we love the many excellent security industry news sites). Staying with school-age children, an Australian school’s bid to install biometric fingerprint scanners at bathroom entrances came under fire from a privacy expert for being “unreasonable and disproportionate”. The Guardian has the full story.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

AI is almost good enough at simulating human activity to defeat the biometric systems designed to fight fraud, effectively putting us back at square one. IIain Paterson and Justin Macorin join The Hacker Mind podcast to share insights from their SecTor 2021 talk on hacking behavioral biometrics. That's biometrics.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2021

Chances are you’ve seen a Hollywood film where criminals manage to access biometric security systems using basic spoof attacks such as gelatin-made fingerprints and fake irises. It’s powered by AI which analyses the data collected by the biometric scanner and verifies if the source is coming from a live or fake representation.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

But even when passwords are secure, it’s not enough. Initially, security vendors only offered two-factor authentication. Since then, security vendors have introduced new methods for authentication, which can be layered to create a multi-factor authentication solution. Biometric authentication. Something you have.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 1, 2022

For this reason, businesses employ secure data extraction tools and advanced machine learning technologies. ID document verification uses advanced artificial intelligence and authenticity algorithms to detect and analyze security features like watermarks, holograms, and fonts. Biometric Verification. Image Source.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

When it comes to financial services , these businesses need to ensure they have stro ng and secure authentication process in place for customers to avoid becoming a victim. While this gimmick may be amusing at first viewing, the use of deepfakes? It’s wor th noting that sophisticated deepfaked videos are very difficult to create.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The boom in remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic has further amplified the need to secure network endpoints , in which finding software to manage passwords plays a big role. Password manager tools allow organizations and their employees to seamlessly and securely handle login credentials. Best Password Manager Tools.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Recently Richard Archdeacon, advisory CISO and Josh Green, Technical Strategist at Duo Security, gave a virtual keynote presentation at the Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2021 in Berlin where they discussed the Future of Work. The most important area here is ensuring security posture is managed properly. How do you make it seamless?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The recent boom in remote work due to the Covid-19 pandemic has further amplified the need to secure network endpoints , in which effective password management plays a big role. Password manager tools allow organizations and their employees to seamlessly and securely handle login credentials. Top Password Manager Software.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Based on forensic analysis of numerous mobile devices, Amnesty International’s Security Lab found that the software was repeatedly used in an abusive manner for surveillance. A previously unknown, suspected Chinese-speaking APT modified a fingerprint scanner software installer package on a distribution server in a country in East Asia.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

An APT threat actor, suspected to be HoneyMyte, modified a fingerprint scanner software installer package on a distribution server in a country in South Asia. Employees of the central government in a country in South Asia are required to use this biometric package to support recording attendance. Chinese-speaking activity.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2019

Department of Homeland Security, merely the rumor of secretly placed foreign microchips in Super Micro motherboards was enough to send technology companies into a tailspin. Digital Security Will Become a Company Budget Line Item. Small Companies Will Have More Widespread Access to Enterprise-Level Security.

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