Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Keeping Biometric System Vulnerabilities in Perspective

Biometric security hacks threaten to ruin the KeyLemon party (Wired)
As biometric security systems from companies such as KeyLemon are increasingly introduced to devices, spoofing attacks are becoming more common and sophisticated. The Tabula Rasa project aims to prevent these security breaches.
Lots of good stuff in the article. Just remember, lock-picking is spoofing, too, and if you use unattended facial recognition for access control, be very suspicious of that strange person that wants to "interview" you using her camera phone.