Juniper Research has released an update to the second edition of its NFC Retail Market & Mobile Payments report — an update that details the consequences and repercussions of Apple’s snub of NFC. To this point, Apple’s role in NFC’s sluggish adoption has been little more than an attitude or opinion, but Juniper’s latest update […]

DeviceFidelity announced that its Good Vault system will provide identity and access management to iPhones. By adding a sleeve to iPhone 4 and 4S models, the Good Vault system enables the Apple devices to read microSD cards. Once installed, the case effectively becomes one component of the two-factor identification process, with the second factor being […]

A new variant of the Zeus botnet called “Eurograbber” has managed to get around two-factor authentication of European bank customers to the tune of $47 million this year, reports CNet. Security vendors Versafe and Check Point Software Technologies have released a report about the malware, which intercepts bank messages sent to customers’ phones as part […]

Isis has been in full pilot mode since October, but has the new technology affected any change to the way we make payments? Vince Horiuchi of the Salt Lake Tribune — and a recent Isis user — argues that the mobile wallet solution still has room to improve. According to Horiuchi, using Isis to make […]

The MIT Technology Review reports that researchers have found a way to overcome the traditional limitations of voice biometrics as a reliable method of authentication. RC Johnson and some fellow researchers from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs say that when using a voice template, a more reliable authentication system is created. In this […]

South Carolina-based Integrated BiometricsLLC has released Sherlock, a light, thin, small mobile ID fingerprint sensor that also has FBI Appendix F certification. The sensor is made with Integrated’s patented Light Emitting Sensor (LES) technology that’s been incorporated with a thin film transistor. The LES technology functions due to a highly engineered charged polymer film that […]

MAINtag Americas, affiliated with the French RFID company MAINtag, has established headquarters in Atlanta to serve the American aerospace industry including aircraft manufacturers, onboard parts suppliers, airlines and MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) crews. MAINtag Americas is focused on the FLYtag product line for aviation RFID from Buenos Aires to Montreal. The FLYtag range of […]

The Government of India’s Standardization Testing & Quality Certification (STQC) has certified Suprema, Inc.’s RealScan-G1 fingerprint live scanner, deeming it in full compliance for the country’s Unique ID (UID) national ID product for fingerprint authentication demands. The government requires the various aspects of the UID project to get the STQC certification. For fingerprint scanner vendors, […]