Bkis Vietnam applauded in Black Hat security conference
VNBusinessNews – Computer experts from Bkis Vietnam spotted a loophole in the facial recognition software for laptops during the Black Hat technical security conference, which was recently held in Washington D.C. in the US.
With just several mouse clicks, computer specialist Nguyen Minh Duc easily hacked through the bio-technological security barrier to log-on to Asus, Lenovo and Toshiba laptops, even though they were protected with the highest facial recognition security measures.
This demonstration came as a surprise to all participants.
Jeff Moss, chair of the Black Hat technical security conference, was shocked and said that it quite amazing that this latest, and most modern, facial recognition technology could be broken so easily like that.
Another security specialist also affirmed that not only he, but also other people, had the same opinion of disbelief at how easily it had been done.
According to computer specialist Nguyen Minh Duc, the loophole is impossible to fixed as the software is currently written, and that manufacturers should stop developing the technology, and issue a notice to their users around the world to stop using this feature as well.
Selven Veeraragoo, a financial-economic specialist in Washington D.C., quickly decided to swtichback to using a keyboard again for his own password protection, instead of the facial recognition software.
In early December, 2008, Bkis also demonstrated the loophole at a conference held in Hanoi.
The facial recognition technology is currently installed in Asus, Lenovo and Toshiba laptops running the Windows Vista and XP Operating Systems. When enable users can only use their laptops after their faces are recognised by facial identification software and a built-in webcam on their laptops, instead of the usual method of typing in a password, or by fingerprint recognition software. The technology was previously highly lauded as a step-forward in security technology, as it represented a new way to prevent unwanted users from gaining access to data stored on a laptop. (ND)
