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Face recognition from image or video is a popular topic in biometrics research. Many public places usually have surveillance cameras for video capture and these cameras have their significant value for security purpose. It is widely…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-02-27 Faizan Ahmad , Aaima Najam , Zeeshan Ahmed

Recent years have seen fast development in synthesizing realistic human faces using AI technologies. Such fake faces can be weaponized to cause negative personal and social impact. In this work, we develop technologies to defend individuals…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-25 Yuezun Li , Xin Yang , Baoyuan Wu , Siwei Lyu

Presentation attacks represent a critical security threat where adversaries use fake biometric data, such as face, fingerprint, or iris images, to gain unauthorized access to protected systems. Various presentation attack detection (PAD)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Rashik Shadman , M G Sarwar Murshed , Faraz Hussain

The biometric system is an automatic identification and authentication system that uses unique biological traits, such as fingerprint, face, iris, voice, retina, etc. of an individual. Of all these systems, fingerprint biometric system is…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-05-21 Mahesh Joshi , Bodhisatwa Mazumdar , Somnath Dey

Photorealistic talking-head avatars are becoming increasingly common in virtual meetings, gaming, and social platforms. These avatars allow for more immersive communication, but they also introduce serious security risks. One emerging…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Laura Pedrouzo-Rodriguez , Pedro Delgado-DeRobles , Luis F. Gomez , Ruben Tolosana , Ruben Vera-Rodriguez , Aythami Morales , Julian Fierrez

The non-intrusive nature and high accuracy of face recognition algorithms have led to their successful deployment across multiple applications ranging from border access to mobile unlocking and digital payments. However, their vulnerability…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Nilay Sanghvi , Sushant Kumar Singh , Akshay Agarwal , Mayank Vatsa , Richa Singh

A biometric recognition system can operate in two distinct modes: identification or verification. In the first mode, the system recognizes an individual by searching the enrolled templates of all the users for a match. In the second mode,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-02-22 Axel Durbet , Paul-Marie Grollemund , Kevin Thiry-Atighehchi

A MasterFace is a face image that can successfully match against a large portion of the population. Since their generation does not require access to the information of the enrolled subjects, MasterFace attacks represent a potential…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-04 Philipp Terhörst , Florian Bierbaum , Marco Huber , Naser Damer , Florian Kirchbuchner , Kiran Raja , Arjan Kuijper

Facial cosmetics have the ability to substantially alter the facial appearance, which can negatively affect the decisions of a face recognition. In addition, it was recently shown that the application of makeup can be abused to launch…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-20 Christian Rathgeb , Pawel Drozdowski , Christoph Busch

Facially manipulated images and videos or DeepFakes can be used maliciously to fuel misinformation or defame individuals. Therefore, detecting DeepFakes is crucial to increase the credibility of social media platforms and other media…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-20 Paarth Neekhara , Brian Dolhansky , Joanna Bitton , Cristian Canton Ferrer

Fake images in selfie banking are increasingly becoming a threat. Previously, it was just Photoshop, but now deep learning technologies enable us to create highly realistic fake identities, which fraudsters exploit to bypass biometric…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Subhrojyoti Mukherjee , Manoranjan Mohanty

Applications based on biometric authentication have received a lot of interest in the last years due to the breathtaking results obtained using personal traits such as face or fingerprint. However, it is important not to forget that these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Carlos Gonzalez-Garcia , Ruben Tolosana , Ruben Vera-Rodriguez , Julian Fierrez , Javier Ortega-Garcia

Morphing attacks are a threat to biometric systems where the biometric reference in an identity document can be altered. This form of attack presents an important issue in applications relying on identity documents such as border security…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-06 Eklavya Sarkar , Pavel Korshunov , Laurent Colbois , Sébastien Marcel

Establishing unique identities for both humans and end systems has been an active research problem in the security community, giving rise to innovative machine learning-based authentication techniques. Although such techniques offer an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-02 Washington Garcia , Joseph I. Choi , Suman K. Adari , Somesh Jha , Kevin R. B. Butler

The vulnerability of Face Recognition System (FRS) to various kind of attacks (both direct and in-direct attacks) and face morphing attacks has received a great interest from the biometric community. The goal of a morphing attack is to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-05 Sushma Venkatesh , Raghavendra Ramachandra , Kiran Raja , Christoph Busch

Face Recognition (FR) systems are being used in a variety of applications, including road crossings, banking, and mobile banking. The widespread use of FR systems has raised concerns about the safety of face biometrics against spoofing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-24 Soham S. Sarpotdar

Morphing attacks are a form of presentation attacks that gathered increasing attention in recent years. A morphed image can be successfully verified to multiple identities. This operation, therefore, poses serious security issues related to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-15 Biying Fu , Naser Damer

In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital security, biometric authentication systems, particularly facial recognition, have emerged as integral components of various security protocols. However, the reliability of these systems is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Oleksandr Kuznetsov , Emanuele Frontoni , Luca Romeo , Riccardo Rosati , Andrea Maranesi , Alessandro Muscatello

The human face has a high potential for biometric identification due to its many individual traits. At the same time, such identification is vulnerable to biometric copies. These presentation attacks pose a great challenge in unsupervised…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-11 Martin Thümmel , Sven Sickert , Joachim Denzler

As virtual and physical identity grow increasingly intertwined, the importance of privacy and security in the online sphere becomes paramount. In recent years, multiple news stories have emerged of private companies scraping web content and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-11 Ahsi Lo , Gabriella Pangelinan , Michael C. King