Researchers at Tencent Labs and Zhejiang University have presented a new attack called 'BrutePrint,' which brute-forces fingerprints on modern smartphones to bypass user authentication and take ...

Chinese researchers have found that Android phones are vulnerable to new attacks. Dubbed BrutePrint, it can unlock any Android phone that uses a fingerprint sensor for authentication. It is done by ...

Every human on earth has a different fingerprint. Therefore, there is no denying that fingerprint scanners on smartphone should be one of the most secured ways of keeping private data away from a ...

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In-display fingerprint sensors were instant hot hardware when they were first introduced in 2018, as major players embraced the ability to hide biometric authentication behind a smartphone’s screen.

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

It’s no secret that over the past few years, the threat of hackers exploiting vulnerabilities to gain access to information has prompted many smartphone companies to implement robust cybersecurity ...