Security researchers have said they’ve found a flaw in Samsung’s S5 smartphone that allows hackers to use copies of a user’s fingerprints to unlock the phone, BBC News reports. The flaw found in Android-based phones and uncovered by security firm FireEye, makes it possible to capture the biometric data before it’s locked away securely, according to researchers Yulong Zhang and Tao Wei. Samsung said it takes security “very seriously” and is looking into the findings. Zhang and Wei are slated to present their research on Friday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA.
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