To defend against quantum computer based hacking, Infineon and partners have revealed an electronic passport demonstrator that meets the security requirements of the quantum computing era, claims Infineon. “Today we are launching the encryption procedures which will be needed to repel quantum computer attacks of tomorrow,” said company head of identification products Maurizio Skerlj. “Working together with our collaboration partners ...
The Government is planning to boost the legal status of digital identities to make them “as widely recognised as driver’s licences and bank statements”, according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which is seeking “Easily recognised trust-marks to be issued for digital identity products to build public confidence.” Such digital identities will allow people to “easily and ...
Fingerprint authentication systems can be fooled by generic fingerprints created by artificial intelligence, according to the New York University Tandon. “These experiments demonstrate the need for multi-factor authentication and should be a wake-up call for device manufacturers about the potential for artificial fingerprint attacks,” said researcher Philip Bontrager. “Fingerprint-based authentication is still a strong way to protect a device or a system, ...
Computer scientists at Columbia University and Google have demonstrating that geotagged posts on just two social media apps are enough to link accounts held by the same person – identifying individuals with a high degree of confidence. Location metadata is the key. “If you look unique in how you make phone calls, it is possible to connect that to where ...
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