Pirate your fingerprints is a breeze, here is the proof

Biometric sensors, in particular fingerprint scanners, are today everywhere: smartphones, computers, etc..If the use of fingerprints to authenticate is very practical, compared to the traditional password, this method is not as secure as it is believed.

Each person has a single imprint.But it is also easy to use the fingerprints that we leave on a surface, like glass, to generate a copy of the fingerprints, which will then allow us to hack our devices.

And if you think that requires sophisticated equipment, you are wrong!In a recent publication, the American platform Kraken has shown that it was possible to steal the fingerprints of a person, then use them to unlock a device, spending only $ 5.

A camera, a printer and wood glue!

As the company explains, it is enough to take a picture of a surface affected by the target, on which it has left its fingerprint.This photo can then be used (one hour on Photoshop) in order to generate a negative of the imprint.

Then, the negative is printed on an acetate sheet with a laser printer.Indeed, the toner would leave a 3D structure of the fingerprint.

And the final key: add wood glue to the printing, to, then allow to dry to obtain a copy of the fingerprint.

As the video below shows, Kraken tested this false imprint on an iPad, a MacBook Pro, and a device used to store cryptocurrencies.In any case, this false imprint created with wood glue has deceived algorithms of these devices.

"We were able to make this well -known attack on the majority of the devices that our team had for tests.If it were a real attack, we would have had access to a wide range of sensitive information, "reads Kraken's publication.

The message that the platform wants to convey: "It should be clear now that, although your fingerprint is clean to you, it can always be exploited with relative ease.At best, you should only consider using it as a second factor authentication (2FA).»»