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Fingerprint authentication is not completely secure. [Research Saturday]

CyberWire Daily

N2K Networks, Inc.

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4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Passwords are the traditional authentication methods for computers and networks. But passwords can be stolen. Biometric authentication seems the perfect solution for that problem. Our guest today is Craig Williams, director of Talos outreach at Cisco. He'll be discussing and providing insights into their report which shows that fingerprints are good enough to protect the average person's privacy if they lose their phone. However, a person that is likely to be targeted by a well-funded and motivated actor should not use fingerprint authentication. The research can be found here: Fingerprint cloning: Myth or reality? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Search your first call to discover how SRM can help your business. Hello everyone and welcome to the CyberWire's Research Saturday.

1:25.0

I'm Dave Bitner and this is our weekly conversation with researchers and

1:28.9

analysts tracking down threats and vulnerabilities and solving some of the hard problems of protecting

1:34.3

ourselves in a rapidly evolving cyberspace.

1:37.4

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Every game.

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