A Threat to Passkeys? BrutePrint Attack Bypasses Fingerprint Authentication

Security researchers recently published a paper detailing an attack they say can be used to bypass smartphone fingerprint authentication. Yiling He of China’s Zhejiang University and Yu Chen of Tencent Security’s Xuanwu Lab are calling the attack BrutePrint, which they say can be used to hijack fingerprint images. An attack like BrutePrint could present a […]

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