Latest news
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McAfee launches security service with facial and voice recognition
14.05.2013
McAfee announced McAfee LiveSafe, an unlimited cross-device security service that uses facial and voice recognition technology to protect users’ digital lives.
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Use your iPhone for biometric scanning
10.04.2013
AOptix unveiled AOptix Stratus, the first comprehensive mobile identity solution “Made for iPhone” delivering iris, fingerprint, voice, and face recognition in a truly integrated solution.
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TypeWATCH: Advanced persistent e-biometrics
28.03.2013
Watchful Software released TypeWATCH 1.2, an e-biometrics solution that leverages the science of Keystroke Dynamics to identify and authenticate users simply by the way they interact with their system.
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Doctors used silicone fingers to fool fingerprint scanner
14.03.2013
Fingerprint scanners might not work with severed fingers, but artificial ones still manage to fool them, as proved by the recent discovery of a fraudulent scheme set up by doctors working in the Ferraz de Vasconcelos hospital in the Sao Paulo state in Brazil.
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New security startup tackles strong authentication
12.02.2013
Nok Nok Labs launched today. Through its Unified Authentication Infrastructure, which leverages existing technologies such as fingerprint sensors or webcams, TPM chips, or voice biometrics, organizations can authenticate securely.
Spotlight

IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.

Is Microsoft is reading your Skype communications?
Posted on 15 May 2013. | The question of whether Skype allows U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to access the communications exchanged by its users has still not been adequately answered by Microsoft.

Internet Explorer best at blocking malware
Posted on 14 May 2013. | While Chrome’s malware download protection improved significantly, Internet Explorer 10 continues to outperform the other browsers with a block rate of 99.96%.

Researcher refuses to help Saudi telco to spy on people
Posted on 14 May 2013. | You would think that a Saudi Arabian telecom firm interested in monitoring its users' mobile communications would not be asking a well-known pro-privacy researcher for help, but you would be wrong.

Malicious browser extensions are hijacking Facebook accounts
Posted on 13 May 2013. | Facebook users - especially those in Brazil - are being targeted with malicious browser extensions trying to hijack Facebook profiles, warns Microsoft.
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