A new Android malware strain uses OCR (Optical Character Recognition) techniques to extract sensitive data from pictures. This new Android malware strain is dubbed “CherryBlos,” and along with this malware strain, another malware was also discovered that is dubbed “FakeTrade.” Cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro discovered the new malware strains with shared network infrastructure and […]
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Facebook has announced that it will shut down its Facial Recognition System and delete the templates of over 1 billion people stored by this feature. This is a significant change, but contrary to popular perception, the social network won’t be forgoing the technology in its entirety because it regards facial recognition as a “powerful tool” […]
In recent years, speaking to voice interfaces has become a normal part of our lives. We interact with voice-enabled assistants in our cars, smartphones, smart devices and during telephonic banking. More banks around the globe are using voice biometrics. In banks voice biometrics technology is used to match personal voice patterns and verify the customer’s […]
Over the years there have been several well-documented issues with facial recognition technology, such as inaccuracy when detecting people from different cultural backgrounds, privacy concerns, and the fear of the technology making a mistake and resulting in wrongful convictions of individuals. Those developing software tools have taken heed of the mistakes of the past and […]
Hello! Welcome. Wprecon (WordPress Recon), is a vulnerability recognition tool in CMS WordPress, 100% developed in Go. Notice: Why is the project out of updates these days ?! What happens is that I am doing the vulnerability scanner. Branch Dev Compile and Install Features Random Agent Detection WAF User Enumerator Plugin Scanner Theme Scanner […]
Oregon’s largest city aims to be a trailblazer when it comes to facial recognition legislation
In a move lauded by privacy advocates, Boston joins the ranks of cities that have voted down the municipal use of the technology
The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) sued the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Justice Department for records detailing their use of facial-recognition software. The ACLU lawsuit states that the three agencies have secretly implemented a nationwide surveillance technology that endangers American citizens’ privacy and civil rights. The lawsuit also claims that the US government […]
Username recognition on various websites. Installation With pip3 # Linux sudo -H pip3 install git+https://github.com/decoxviii/userrecon-py.git –upgrade userrecon-py –help Build from source # Linux git clone https://github.com/decoxviii/userrecon-py.git ; cd userrecon-py sudo -H pip3 install -r requirements.txt python3 setup.py build sudo python3 setup.py install Usage Start by printing the available actions by running userrecon-py –help. Then […]
India is planning to set up world’s largest facial recognition system for policing similar to what is deployed in China. The Indian government has extended the date to invite bids for companies which will help in creating a central repository of surveillance data. The bids will open next month and the selected company will be […]
Facebook will stop using automatic facial recognition to tag users in photos. If there’s one platform that knows how to remain controversial, it’s Facebook. In 2011, the company introduced a facial recognition feature which allowed users to tag others through suggestions displayed on photos. Moreover, the person in the photo was automatically notified if the […]
Security researchers discovered the biggest data breach in Biometric Security Platform BioStar 2 that leaks millions of users facial recognition records, fingerprints, log data, and other personal information. BioStar 2, a web-based biometric security smart lock platform by world’s biggest bio-access B2B company Suprema, and the platform used by UK Metropolitan police, defense contractors and […]
Biometric records of more than one million people, in addition to other sensitive details, are exposed to any user’s reach in an unsecured database, web application security experts report. According to reports, the company responsible for this database works closely with British police officers, banking institutions and military contractors. Suprema, the company involved in the […]
Facial recognition systems are becoming more sophisticated. When we post a photo on Facebook accompanied by our closest friend, it is almost certain that the system will identify our faces and suggest us to add a tag. According to ethical hacking specialists, governments around the world and private companies are driving the creation of a […]
IRpair and Phantom are the first-ever collections of anti-facial recognition glasses and sunglasses designed to block facial recognition, eye tracking & infrared radiation including 3D IR surveillance cameras during both day and night. Facial recognition technology is the single biggest tool for authorities to keep an eye on suspected (and unsuspected) individuals; but thanks to […]
Inadvertently, Microsoft took offline from the Internet a database that stored more than 10 million faces that, according to information security services experts, the company used to develop facial recognition systems for possible military and commercial implementations. The database, identified as MS Celeb, was put online in 2016 and, according to Microsoft this was the […]
As San Francisco moves to regulate the use of facial recognition systems, we reflect on some of the many ‘faces’ of the fast-growing technology
Voice recognition is a must-have on a smartphone these days and trying to improve it further for better usage, Google has now introduced an all-neural, on-device speech recognition system on Gboard. Until now, Google has been using cloud-based processing. It uses a “decoder graph” — a component of the algorithm which matches spoken words to written […]
China is often held responsible for conducting surveillance campaigns and espionage activities discreetly not only on its citizens but governments across continents. Now, a misconfigured facial recognition database has emerged that confirms the allegations put forth against China. Reportedly, a Dutch security researcher has exposed database that contains exclusive details about the deep-rooted surveillance tactics […]
As we have already stepped into 2019, we are all waiting for the new Android operating system, dubbed the Android Q for which rumors have started taking shape. Now, the buzz has it that the OS could come up with a feature Android users might like. According to a report by XDA Developers, after going deep […]