Security researchers have cracked Apple’s FaceID biometric system yet again.
But there’s an unusual caveat to this trick: to successfully unlock an iPhone, the attackers first need to make sure the victim is out cold.
The attack involves putting a pair of modified glasses on the victim’s face.
That, coupled with carefully placing a piece of tape over the glasses’ lenses, makes it possible to circumvent FaceID and log into a victim’s iPhone.
Of course, the exploit is fairly difficult to pull off considering the attackers would need to figure out how to put the glasses on a victim without waking them up.
The attack leverages a biometrics function called “liveness” detection, designed to tell apart “fake” versus “real” features on people.
Researchers presenting at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas this week demonstrated a relatively simple way to break into someone’s iPhone Face ID—so long as they’re completely conked out.
On Wednesday, a research team from Tencent showed their biometric bypass technique to conference attendees, according to a report from Threatpost.
In order to circumvent Apple’s advanced security protocol, the researchers reportedly only needed glasses with black tape on the lenses and smaller pieces of white tape on the black tape.
Apparently, if you put taped glasses on an unconscious person’s face, you can trick Apple Face ID into unlocking the phone.
Security researchers demonstrate how to bypass Face ID with glasses and tape https://t.co/sr5Mtt81E7 by @ChanceHMiller pic.twitter.com/PMxmF4BcTg
The researchers were trying to hack the system’s “liveness” detection part of the biometric process that distinguishes between “fake” and “real” human characteristics, according to Threatpost.
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Paying by using your Face ID is amongst the best and fastest way to make transactions in your favorite brand shops and retail stores.
Many of the users still do not know how to use Face ID to make transactions in Apple Pay on their iPhone.
In this article, you will find some of the best step by step methods by which you can learn to use your Face ID in Apple Pay on your iPhone.
Here’s how to pay at Retail via Apple Pay by using your Face ID
Users in the majority make payments via Apple Pay in places like a retail store from where you pick your monthly or weekly groceries and other necessities.
To use your Apple Face ID in a retail store to make a payment, follow the steps listed below;