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Smartphone fingerprint scanners are still not secure enough

Smartphone fingerprint scanners are still not secure enough

Posted on August 6, 2015August 26, 2019 By Jarvis

Android just can’t seem to get a break lately. After the really frightening Stagefright bug and then a slightly related vulnerability exposed by security firm Trend Micro, another component is being branded as insecure. Granted, it’s not a widespread malady this time as only Android smartphones with fingerprint sensors are affected. Tao Wei and Yulong Zhang, both researchers from FireEye, are singling out the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One Max as the most vulnerable examples of this case at the Black Hat security conference this week.
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