The iPhone 5S was released to the general public on Friday. Little more than 48 hours later, a group of hackers found a way to bypass the device's fingerprint-based security system that doesn't ...

The increasing reliance on fingerprint biometrics in security systems has accentuated the need to reliably distinguish live finger impressions from artificial reproductions. Fingerprint liveness ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Of all the personal data that cybercriminals ...

The development of a national, cloud-based digital fingerprint system for UK police is due for completion in December 2022, and will facilitate easier access to and sharing of more than 8.4 million ...

BERLIN (AP) — A Berlin-based researcher says he has managed to fool the fingerprint-based security system on Samsung’s new Galaxy S5 smartphone using wood glue and a picture of the original print. Ben ...