QUESTIONED THE SAFETY OF FINGERPRINTS ON ‘SMARTPHONES “- Today

Experts Say installed on Android devices have vulnerabilities that allow systems to steal user credentials.

 

In search of the best (and best) barriers against cybercrime, the Biometric systems have I been positioning itself as one of the most powerful. Internet in the broader spectrum, is the center of the experience of new technologies.

But nothing is likely to be “hacked “. If connected, you can enter. Experts believe it. And it has shown that security is behind the techniques cybercriminals. A small hole and vulnerability is quickly located. And should be exploited, risks can be significant.

The incorporation of new security mechanisms in smart mobile devices intuits the future. Simply ignore the password? It’s posible. And the eye or fingerprint balloons are emerging as the most widespread. One of the conferences developed during the convention of “hackers” Defconcelebrada this past week in Las Vegas, has questioned the safety of the fingerprint as a more robust method to unlock the machines.

” The leak is irreparable fingerprints. It would be a disaster if attackers can remotely store fingerprints on a large scale. ” So Tao Wei and Zhang Yulong, researchers at security firm FireEye appeared to reveal that the integrated sensor on Android devices is easily “hackable”.

The models HTC One Max, Huawei Mate 7 and Samsung Galaxy S5 are among those analyzed, but will later, since it is estimated that in 2019 half of all mobile phones to be launched tendráneste type Screen unlock systems. Experts say taking the fingerprint pattern in these cases is a simple task. The iPhone, Apple, for example, are safer in this regard, in part because encrypted data fingerprint, experts say.

The reason that experts landed in wielded design flaws. The possibility of localized squeeze in current systems vulnerabilities they say threatens their security, which could even allow cybercriminals steal credentials when making a mobile payment, another emerging trends.

Several agencies and governments have long been using biometric technology because it offers a higher level of security against cyber attacks than other methods of protection. The availability of these systems on mobile platforms based on the cloud has raised the bar of security, although, however, some expertosconsideran that in their current form do not provide the necessary level of security to prevent identity theft.

There are cases in which it has lifted the curtain of fear. The fact that in the recent past some “hackers” have succeeded access personal accounts through the use of photographs of fingerprints puts the spotlight on such methods. One need only recall one recent case, in which a group of “hackers” known as Chaos Computer Club held a replica of the fingerprint of German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, from a series of photographs.