A Third of Biometric Systems Targeted by Malware in Q3

guest · Dec 3, 2019

ThreatList: A Third of Biometric Systems Targeted by Malware in Q3
A successful attack could wreak havoc
December 3, 2019
https://threatpost.com/threatlist-a-third-of-biometric-systems-targeted-by-malware-in-q3/150778/

Kaspersky researchers found that in the third quarter, one in three (37 percent) of computers within the firm’s telemetry that collect, process and store biometric data were targeted by malware attacks.

The malware in question included spyware and remote access trojans (RATs), which accounted for 5.4 percent of all computers analyzed; followed by malware used in phishing attacks (5.1 percent), ransomware (1.9 percent) and trojan bankers (1.5 percent).

“It should be noted that other types of malware also included malicious programs designed to steal banking data (1.5 percent). It is not likely that these malicious programs were intended for stealing biometric data,” according to Kaspersky’s analysis, released Monday.
As for the source of the attacks, standard protocol reigned – most campaigns observed in the third quarter came in the form of typical phishing emails containing links to malicious websites or attached Office documents with embedded malicious code.

Other attack vectors include infected removable media (8 percent) and network folders (6.1 percent.
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Kaspersky: Biometric data processing and storage system threats

It should also be noted that, as we determined in the course of our research, biometric data processing and storage systems (and specifically biometric databases) are often deployed on application servers shared with other systems, rather than dedicated computers.

In other words, if attackers compromise, say, a mail server or a database used by the website of an organization that has a biometric authentication system, the chances are that they will also find the biometric database on the same server.
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