As we all know that among us the craze of biometric security
is just Rollin over every one, coz we think that in the era of insecurity of
data losing, hacking. it is the most safest security for us But wait as the security
is increasing on the other hand hackers are also getting smarter (or Evolving
:-9 ) so copy your all data before it get lost or get into someone’s other hand
which can misuse it.
That’s why at this week’s RSA Conference, researchers from security firm FireEye will discuss the state of biometric security to the public. Specifically, these researchers found that, after performing a series of tests on the Samsung Galaxy S5 (among other Android devices), hackers have the opportunity to easily access biometric data before it reaches the “secure zone”, and create copies for future attacks.
Instead of focusing on breaking into the secure zone (where the biometric info is stored) to steal the information, hackers could instead steal the information straight from the fingerprint scanner. To do so, the hacker only needs to acquire user-level access and run a program through root to duplicate the information. The researchers from FireEye say that on the Galaxy S5, the malware only needs system-level access, so hackers wouldn’t need to go as deep
Yulong Zhang one of the Representative of FireEye Speak to Forbs
"If the attacker can break the kernel, although he cannot access the fingerprint data stored in the trusted zone, he can directly read the fingerprint sensor at any time. Every time you touch the fingerprint sensor, the attacker can steal your fingerprint. You can get the data and from the data you can generate the image of your fingerprint. After that you can do whatever you want."
But as the representative say that this insecurity dosent semms in android 5.0 ( i.e. lollipop) or higher version of android so Update it as soon as it is possible to secure your data
But after the commet of representative of FireEye samsung’s represaentative say to forbs that
Samsung takes consumer privacy and data security very seriously. We are currently investigating FireEye’s claims.
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That’s why at this week’s RSA Conference, researchers from security firm FireEye will discuss the state of biometric security to the public. Specifically, these researchers found that, after performing a series of tests on the Samsung Galaxy S5 (among other Android devices), hackers have the opportunity to easily access biometric data before it reaches the “secure zone”, and create copies for future attacks.
Instead of focusing on breaking into the secure zone (where the biometric info is stored) to steal the information, hackers could instead steal the information straight from the fingerprint scanner. To do so, the hacker only needs to acquire user-level access and run a program through root to duplicate the information. The researchers from FireEye say that on the Galaxy S5, the malware only needs system-level access, so hackers wouldn’t need to go as deep
Yulong Zhang one of the Representative of FireEye Speak to Forbs
"If the attacker can break the kernel, although he cannot access the fingerprint data stored in the trusted zone, he can directly read the fingerprint sensor at any time. Every time you touch the fingerprint sensor, the attacker can steal your fingerprint. You can get the data and from the data you can generate the image of your fingerprint. After that you can do whatever you want."
But as the representative say that this insecurity dosent semms in android 5.0 ( i.e. lollipop) or higher version of android so Update it as soon as it is possible to secure your data
But after the commet of representative of FireEye samsung’s represaentative say to forbs that
Samsung takes consumer privacy and data security very seriously. We are currently investigating FireEye’s claims.
Although
the researchers claim they have only tested a limited number of Android
devices, they expect the issue is more widespread than just residing on
Samsung smartphones. Odds are, your biometric information will be just
fine. But as an added precaution, if you own a device with a fingerprint
scanner, you might want to upgrade to Lollipop if it’s available for
your device.
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