Chrome 70 adds fingerprint login on websites for Android and MacBook Pro
Chrome 70 opens up passwordless sign-in on websites from macOS and Android devices.
Chrome 70 opens up passwordless sign-in on websites from macOS and Android devices.
Apple's Face ID fooled by ghoulish mask.
The controversial application of face-recognition technology to millions of Australian driver’s license photos is a “relatively small database” in global terms, according to a biometrics executive who says today’s face-recognition algorithms are fast enough to scan thousands of faces at a time and robust enough to secure everyday financial transactions.
David Braue | 11 Oct | Read more
Apple's firmware for the HomePod points to a new face unlock feature for the iPhone 8 that replaces Touch ID.
Biometrics is shaping up to be the new authentication as a host of identity and image-scanning innovations set the stage for the use of body scans as a complement to – or even a replacement for – conventional passwords.
David Braue | 21 Apr | Read more
It didn’t take long for hackers to leverage the newly released Mirai source code to build new Internet of Things (IoT) botnets, with an observed surge in Mirai-generated botnets.
David Braue | 24 Oct | Read more
Fully 27 percent of all the malware variants ever created, were created in 2015 alone, new research suggests. That creates new pressure on CSOs to keep up – although many will, a new report says, be busy weighing factors such as work flexibility and pay rates in considering whether they should even stick around to fight that fight.
David Braue | 01 Feb | Read more
The federal government has passed new laws that will give immigration authorities increased power to collect biometric data on travellers at international ports.
Andrew Colley | 14 Aug | Read more
Continuous evaluation of user behaviour against baseline metrics will power a new approach to authentication that lies at the heart of a joint project between Victoria's RMIT University and software giant CA Technologies that was this week ramped up with the awarding of Australian Research Council (ARC) funding.
David Braue | 27 Jul | Read more
Although there was controversy around government plans to increase biometric information-gathering a Australian entry ports, others felt that Australian government agencies were showing “inspiring” traction in formalising their identity-management infrastructures, while UK and US government agencies were taking off on a slightly different tack after being said to have attacked security software that they felt was thwarting their work in intelligence gathering.
David Braue | 29 Jun | Read more
The Coalition’s ambitions to give immigration authorities more power to collect more biometric data on citizens at international ports has been met with resistance in parliament.
Andrew Colley | 26 Jun | Read more
Microsoft is embracing biometric login with a new feature of Windows 10 that can recognize faces, fingerprints and irises for authentication it claims is more secure than passwords.
Tim Greene | 18 Mar | Read more
When you are hooked up to a polygraph lie detector there is only a 60 percent chance a skilled examiner will spot a lie, giving you pretty good odds to get away with one or two untruths. However, Dutch and British scientists have found a way to amp up the accuracy of lie detection to 75 percent by monitoring a suspect's movements with a full-body suit.
Loek Essers | 06 Jan | Read more
Sports fans of the future might enter stadiums simply by waving a hand over a vein scanner if new technology from Hitachi is any guide.
Tim Hornyak | 10 Dec | Read more
An open industry alliance of 150 members that includes many of the world's biggest vendors -- but notably, not Apple -- released specifications Tuesday that promise to secure online communications without using passwords.
Matt Hamblen | 10 Dec | Read more