We Fooled an iPhone Using School Supplies. Here’s How We Did It. IT Security, Tech By Spencer Giles Introduction: Biometrics – the epitome of “high security” in today’s movies and TV shows. Whether it is protecting a vault containing millions in diamonds or safeguarding top-secret CIA documents, biometrics are tasked by Hollywood to protect the most sensitive of assets. However, biometrics is no longer relegated to futuristic movie plot lines. Biometric access control systems have become widely adopted and inexpensive to implement in the real world. Everyone with a modern cellphone has had at least some personal interaction with biometrics. Fingerprint sensors first came to cell phones in 2011. Since then, almost everyone has begun using biometrics to protect private messages, photos, and data. Despite how pervasive biometrics have become, are they really as secure as we think they are? We set out to perform a quick research project with the objective of exploring the security of biometrics! Our objective for this project had two distinct parts. First, we wanted to explore the feasibility of being able to lift a fingerprint from someone’s desk space. Secondly, we wanted to be able to develop a reproduction of that fingerprint and successfully carry out a “replay” attack against a biometric control system. READ FULL ARTICLE If you or anyone else in your organization has any questions regarding biometrics or cybersecurity as a whole, please reach out to our team at Delap or call (503) 678-9662 today!