By John Leyden, 23 Sep 2014
Apple’s shiny new iPhone 6 can be spoofed with the same fake-fingerprint gag that tricked its older sibling, the iPhone 5S.
That's according to mobile security firm Lookout, which said it discovered that it is possible to create a fake fingerprint that's capable of fooling the TouchID fingerprint sensor of the latest iPhones (6 and 6 Plus are apparently equally vulnerable).
Despite the addition of secure payment app Apple Pay to the iPhone 6, the in-built security hasn’t evolved enough over the last year, the securobods warn. iPhone users are still vulnerable to the exact same security flaw as a year ago. The main difference is that now, with Apple Pay, the bad guys have more incentive to abuse access to an iPhone.
The central problem is that the iTouch fingerprint scanner on both the iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 can be fooled with a cloned fingerprint lifted from a shiny surface and recreated using glue.
The Register/ full article and video here/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/23/iphone_6_still_vulnerable_to_touchid_fingerprint_hack/
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