The use of biological markers like fingerprints, faces and irises to identify people is rapidly moving from science fiction to reality. Apple’s latest iPhone, which went on sale this week, c... Read more
Zero-day infections are common Antivirus software running on your computer has one big weak point – if a new virus is released before the antivirus provider knows about it or before th... Read more
Recognizing people by the way they walk can have numerous applications in the fields of security, leisure or medicine. Ramon Mollineda, lecturer at the Department of Computing Languages and... Read more
Researchers are developing a security approach that relies on implicit learning to train people to enter a unique pattern, which they can perform over time but can’t consciously remember. De... Read more
Many states are using the technology to scan driver’s licenses to prevent identity fraud. It led to the arrest of a suspected arsonist in New York. And while facial recognition technology co... Read more
Deetectee Microsystems Inc. has invented the first and only technology that enables secure, digital identification of a person in a mobile environment. The invention of Single Burst Optical... Read more
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A privacy-friendly internet might be possible in the future according to an academic from the University of East Anglia. Speaking at a conference today, Dr Paul Bernal will paint a picture o... Read more
The U.S. government must shield its citizens from the multiplying eyes of surveillance drones Before the decade is out, there may be thousands more eyes in the sky. Unmanned aerial vehicles,... Read more
Already, the Snowden revelations threaten to erode the market share of American technology companies abroad. When Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s chief executive, recently announced the company’s big... Read more
Kidnappers used to make ransom notes with letters cut out of magazines. Now, notes simply pop up on your computer screen, except the hostage is your PC. In the past year, hundreds of thousan... Read more
A new security approach would let users input patterns instead of words to verify identity It seems like something out of a Robert Ludlum spy novel. Someone tries to coerce you into revealin... Read more
The app gives users the option to set a self-destruct timer When it comes to mobile apps and social networks, the devil, increasingly, is in the default settings. Companies have little, if a... Read more
Used in tablets and mobile phones to prevent unauthorized logins Fujitsu has developed the world’s thinnest and smallest biometric authentication sensor that detects your palm vein. The comp... Read more
Cognitive biometrics is a novel approach to user authentication Retina and iris scans, fingerprint and palm logins rely on possession of unique anatomical characteristics that you cannot for... Read more
The company plans to have it ready for clients by the next fiscal year. Japan’s Hitachi Kokusai Electric has developed a surveillance system that can automatically detect a face in either a... Read more
