Apple's iOS 15 patches Face ID vulnerability, includes other security upgrades

Apple's iOS 15 patches Face ID vulnerability, includes other security upgrades

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Apple on Monday quietly announced that iOS 15 includes a number of security improvements including enhancements to Face ID's anti-spoofing models.

According to a support document published to coincide with the release of iOS 15, Apple has addressed a Face ID vulnerability in which a 3D model might be used to gain access to certain iPhone and iPad Pro models.As discovered by Wish Wu of Ant Financial's Light-Year Security Lab, previous iterations of Face ID could be tricked into authenticating a 3D model "constructed to look like the enrolled user." Apple rectified the potential security issue by updating Face ID anti-spoofing models.

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