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Hackers Purport to Find Security Hole in Galaxy S8′s Iris Scanner

SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A European hacker community on Wednesday published a video showing a purported security hole in the iris scanner of Samsung’s Galaxy S8 smartphone. The Chaos Computer Club, a long-running European hacker collective based in Berlin, uploaded the video named “Circumventing the Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner” on its Web site, in which the smartphone is shown being fooled by an image of an iris with a contact lens placed over [...]

Galaxy S8′s Iris Scanner to Be Used on Financial Transactions

SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s credit card companies are seeking to apply the iris scanner adopted by Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S8 smartphones on mobile transactions, industry sources said Friday, lauding the feature’s security compared with fingerprints and passwords. According to the sources, Samsung Card Co. is seeking to apply the iris [...]