A group of hackers was able to bypass iris recognition system of the Samsung Galaxy S8, proving that biometric authentication systems are not foolproof. The hackers of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) was able to successfully bypass the Galaxy S8's iris scanner using a fake iris. "The security risk to the user from iris recognition is even bigger than with fingerprints as we expose our irises a lot. Under some circumstances, a high-resolution picture from the internet is sufficient to capture an iris." source: CCC We already know that the new Huawei flagship will sport a curved display but the renders give us something new -- an iris scanner. Also, there's already a home button, wherein a fingerprint scanner is always built-in, but a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner is present. Cherry Mobile's latest brochure that has its upcoming handsets are already available in the wild and we stumble upon its first phone with an iris scanner. The Cherry Mobile Iris is a 5-inch HD smartphone that's got pretty low specs like 1.3GHz quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM. Read more in our articles including "Hackers successfully bypass Samsung Galaxy S8's iris scanner" and "Huawei P10 Plus render leaks with iris scanner in tow".
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Sep 2, 2014A group of hackers was able to bypass iris recognition system of the Samsung Galaxy S8, proving that biometric authentication systems are not foolproof. The hackers of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) was able to successfully bypass the Galaxy S8's iris scanner using a fake iris.
"The security risk to the user from iris recognition is even bigger than with fingerprints as we expose our irises a lot. Under some circumstances, a high-resolution picture from the internet is sufficient to capture an iris." source: CCC We already know that the new Huawei flagship will sport a curved display but the renders give us something new -- an iris scanner.
Our coverage of iris scanner includes: "Hackers successfully bypass Samsung Galaxy S8's iris scanner"; "Huawei P10 Plus render leaks with iris scanner in tow"; "Cherry Mobile Iris goes official with an eye scanner for Php3.5k". Each article provides unique insights and information.