March 7, 2016 at 22:17Video: hacking a fingerprint sensor Samsung Galaxy S6 and Huawei Honor 7 using a conventional printer
Two researchers from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan have developed a simple and quick way to replace fingerprints - the whole process takes up to fifteen minutes. All hacking equipment costs only five hundred dollars - a printer, conductive ink and special paper.
The first phone with a fingerprint scanner was released by Pantech in 2004 - Pantech GI100. The device saved the keys for each of the ten fingers so that the gadget owner could configure the activation of secret numbers by pressing a specific finger. After the scanner installed Apple in the iPhone 5S in 2013, the technology gained great popularity. It was used in smartphones Samsung Galaxy, HTC One Mas, Meizu MX4 Pro and others.
Pantech GI100
For hacking, researchers used a conventional inkjet printer, three cartridges with silver conductive ink, and special paper. You need to get the fingerprint of the owner of the phone, scan it, expand it horizontally and print it on the glossy side of AgIC paper. Then you need to cut the fingerprint and place it on the fingerprint scanner.
What you need for hacking (screenshot from a published study)
Samsung Galaxy S6 and Huawei Honor 7 have already been hacked in this way, the researchers say. At the same time, Samsung was easy to crack, and for Huawei it took more attempts. But in any case, it took fifteen minutes.
The team published the results of the study on the university website.
The first phone with a fingerprint scanner was released by Pantech in 2004 - Pantech GI100. The device saved the keys for each of the ten fingers so that the gadget owner could configure the activation of secret numbers by pressing a specific finger. After the scanner installed Apple in the iPhone 5S in 2013, the technology gained great popularity. It was used in smartphones Samsung Galaxy, HTC One Mas, Meizu MX4 Pro and others.
Pantech GI100
For hacking, researchers used a conventional inkjet printer, three cartridges with silver conductive ink, and special paper. You need to get the fingerprint of the owner of the phone, scan it, expand it horizontally and print it on the glossy side of AgIC paper. Then you need to cut the fingerprint and place it on the fingerprint scanner.
What you need for hacking (screenshot from a published study)
Samsung Galaxy S6 and Huawei Honor 7 have already been hacked in this way, the researchers say. At the same time, Samsung was easy to crack, and for Huawei it took more attempts. But in any case, it took fifteen minutes.
The team published the results of the study on the university website.