Malware variant won’t compromise mobile biometrics, but it will neuter the code

Biometrics security on mobile devices is great unless it's not turned on. Or if it gets turned off.

Researchers with a Dutch computer services firm have identified a variant of a known banking trojan that forces a device to switch from biometric authentication to PIN authentication. ThreatFabric says the malware can then unlock the device.

ThreatFabric says in a new report that the Android-specific Chameleon banking-focused trojan became a security problem in January. Chameleon is doing the most damage right …

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