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Recent research has shown the possibility of using smartphones' sensors and accessories to extract some behavioral attributes such as touch dynamics, keystroke dynamics and gait recognition. These attributes are known as behavioral…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-01-30 Ahmed Mahfouz , Tarek M. Mahmoud , Ahmed Sharaf Eldin

Passwords remain a widely-used authentication mechanism, despite their well-known security and usability limitations. To improve on this situation, next-generation authentication mechanisms, based on behavioral biometric factors such as eye…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Matin Fallahi , Patricia Arias Cabarcos , Thorsten Strufe

Traditional authentication systems use alphanumeric or graphical passwords, or token-based techniques that require "something you know and something you have". The disadvantages of these systems include the risks of forgetfulness, loss, and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-09-25 Ebrahim Al Alkeem , Song-Kyoo Kim , Chan Yeob Yeun , M. Jamal Zemerly , Kin Poon , Paul D. Yoo

The field of behavioural biometrics stands as an appealing alternative to more traditional biometric systems due to the ease of use from a user perspective and potential robustness to presentation attacks. This paper focuses its attention…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-01-20 Parker Lamb , Alexander Millar , Ramon Fuentes

In this paper we evaluate mobile active authentication based on an ensemble of biometrics and behavior-based profiling signals. We consider seven different data channels and their combination. Touch dynamics (touch gestures and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-01-30 Alejandro Acien , Aythami Morales , Ruben Vera-Rodriguez , Julian Fierrez

Active authentication is the problem of continuously verifying the identity of a person based on behavioral aspects of their interaction with a computing device. In this study, we collect and analyze behavioral biometrics data from…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Lex Fridman , Steven Weber , Rachel Greenstadt , Moshe Kam

Biometric systems based on Machine learning and Deep learning are being extensively used as authentication mechanisms in resource-constrained environments like smartphones and other small computing devices. These AI-powered facial…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Mohit Raghavendra , Pravan Omprakash , B R Mukesh , Sowmya Kamath

Continuous authentication in high-stakes digital environments requires datasets with fine-grained behavioral signals under realistic cognitive and motor demands. But current benchmarks are often limited by small scale, unimodal sensing or…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Ishpuneet Singh , Gursmeep Kaur , Uday Pratap Singh Atwal , Guramrit Singh , Gurjot Singh , Maninder Singh

Biometric technologies are widely adopted in security, legal, and financial systems. Face recognition can authenticate a person based on the unique facial features such as shape and texture. However, recent works have demonstrated the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Poulami Raha , Yeongnam Chae

BIOMETRICS are an important and widely used class of methods for identity verification and access control. Biometrics are attractive because they are inherent properties of an individual. They need not be remembered like passwords, and are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-04-26 Shantanu Rane , Ye Wang , Stark. C. Draper , Prakash Ishwar

Our behavior (the way we talk, walk, act or think) is unique and can be used as a biometric trait. It also correlates with sensitive attributes like emotions and health conditions. Hence, techniques to protect individuals privacy against…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-06 Simon Hanisch , Patricia Arias-Cabarcos , Javier Parra-Arnau , Thorsten Strufe

Nowadays, most mobile devices support biometric authentication schemes like fingerprint or face unlock. However, these probabilistic mechanisms can only be activated in combination with a second alternative factor, usually knowledge-based…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-11-19 Christian Tiefenau , Maximilian Häring , Mohamed Khamis , Emanuel von Zezschwitz

Prior work has shown that multibiometric systems are vulnerable to presentation attacks, assuming that their matching score distribution is identical to that of genuine users, without fabricating any fake trait. We have recently shown that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-09-07 Battista Biggio , Giorgio Fumera , Gian Luca Marcialis , Fabio Roli

This work enhances traditional authentication systems based on Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) and One-Time Passwords (OTP) through the incorporation of biometric information as a second level of user authentication. In our proposed…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-04 Ruben Tolosana , Ruben Vera-Rodriguez , Julian Fierrez

Biometric time and attendance system is one of the most successful applications of biometric technology. One of the main advantage of a biometric time and attendance system is it avoids "buddy-punching". Buddy punching was a major loophole…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2012-08-09 Josphineleela Ramakrishnan , M. Ramakrishnan

Continuous authentication utilizes automatic recognition of certain user features for seamless and passive authentication without requiring user attention. Such features can be divided into categories of physiological biometrics and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-15 Ahmed Fraz Baig , Sigurd Eskeland

In contemporary mobile user authentication systems, verifying user legitimacy has become paramount due to the widespread use of smartphones. Although fingerprint and facial recognition are widely used for mobile authentication, PIN-based…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-05-06 Yooshin Kim , Namhyeok Kwon , Donghoon Shin

Biometrics involves using unique human traits, both physical and behavioral, for the digital identification of individuals to provide access to systems, devices, or information. Within the field of computer science, it acts as a method for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Sajjad Bhuiyan

Purpose of the research: In the biometric community, visible human characteristics are popular and viable for verification and identification on mobile devices. However, imposters are able to spoof such characteristics by creating fake and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-09 Jalil Nourmohammadi Khiarak

Biometric recognition systems, known for their convenience, are widely adopted across various fields. However, their security faces risks depending on the authentication algorithm and deployment environment. Current risk assessment methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Tetsushi Ohki , Narishige Abe , Hidetsugu Uchida , Shigefumi Yamada