Steal Your Fingerprints
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Created: Monday, 23 February 2015 10:52
Hackers have found a way to steal fingerprints??
Many of you own phones that utilize a fingerprint sensor for authentication (ie. Samsung and Apple). For the longest time, fingerprint sensors were viewed as an adequate means of authentication, but there appears to be a method now to steal your fingerprints using a photo. The following link provides more information on how this is done.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/30/technology/security/fingerprint-hack/
The below YouTube video is from a DEFCON event and it shows how unsecure may safe locks are. About 28 minutes into the video, it shows how they create a mold of fingerprints and use it to trick fingerprint scanners.
