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Iris recognition technology has attracted an increasing interest in the last decades in which we have witnessed a migration from research laboratories to real world applications. The deployment of this technology raises questions about the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-25 Aythami Morales , Julian Fierrez , Javier Galbally , Marta Gomez-Barrero

Remote identity verification is essential for modern digital security; however, it remains highly vulnerable to sophisticated Presentation Attacks (PAs) that utilise forged or manipulated identity documents. Although Deep Learning (DL) has…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Esteban M. Ruiz , Juan E. Tapia , Reinel T. Soto , Christoph Busch

Although face recognition systems have undergone an impressive evolution in the last decade, these technologies are vulnerable to attack presentations (AP). These attacks are mostly easy to create and, by executing them against the system's…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-23 Lazaro Janier Gonzalez-Sole , Juan E. Tapia , Christoph Busch

Face presentation attack detection (PAD) is an essential measure to protect face recognition systems from being spoofed by malicious users and has attracted great attention from both academia and industry. Although most of the existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Zhi Li , Haoliang Li , Xin Luo , Yongjian Hu , Kwok-Yan Lam , Alex C. Kot

Face recognition (FR) algorithms have been proven to exhibit discriminatory behaviors against certain demographic and non-demographic groups, raising ethical and legal concerns regarding their deployment in real-world scenarios. Despite the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Meiling Fang , Wufei Yang , Arjan Kuijper , Vitomir Struc , Naser Damer

Saliency-guided training, which directs model learning to important regions of images, has demonstrated generalization improvements across various biometric presentation attack detection (PAD) tasks. This paper presents its first…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Samuel Webster , Adam Czajka

Fake fingerprint representation pose a severe threat for fingerprint based authentication systems. Despite advances in presentation attack detection technologies, which are often integrated directly into the fingerprint scanner devices,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-02 Christof Kauba , Luca Debiasi , Andreas Uhl

The low-cost, user-friendly, and convenient nature of Automatic Fingerprint Recognition Systems (AFRS) makes them suitable for a wide range of applications. This spreading use of AFRS also makes them vulnerable to various security threats.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Anuj Rai , Ashutosh Anshul , Ashwini Jha , Prayag Jain , Ramprakash Sharma , Somnath Dey

Optical coherent tomography (OCT) fingerprint technology provides rich depth information, including internal fingerprint (papillary junction) and sweat (eccrine) glands, in addition to imaging any fake layers (presentation attacks) placed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-02 Tarang Chugh , Anil K. Jain

We study the problem of fingerprint presentation attack detection (PAD) under unknown PA materials not seen during PAD training. A dataset of 5,743 bonafide and 4,912 PA images of 12 different materials is used to evaluate a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-01 Tarang Chugh , Anil K. Jain

Smartphone-based contactless fingerphoto authentication has become a reliable alternative to traditional contact-based fingerprint biometric systems owing to rapid advances in smartphone camera technology. Despite its convenience,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-30 Hailin Li , Raghavendra Ramachandra , Mohamed Ragab , Soumik Mondal , Yong Kiam Tan , Khin Mi Mi Aung

Finger photo Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) can significantly strengthen smartphone device security. However, these algorithms are trained to detect certain types of attacks. Furthermore, they are designed to operate on images acquired…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Anudeep Vurity , Emanuela Marasco , Raghavendra Ramachandra , Jongwoo Park

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

Face recognition technology has been widely used in daily interactive applications such as checking-in and mobile payment due to its convenience and high accuracy. However, its vulnerability to presentation attacks (PAs) limits its reliable…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Zitong Yu , Chenxu Zhao , Zhen Lei

The robustness and generalization ability of Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) methods is critical to ensure the security of Face Recognition Systems (FRSs). However, in a real scenario, Presentation Attacks (PAs) are various and it is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Wentian Zhang , Haozhe Liu , Feng Liu , Raghavendra Ramachandra , Christoph Busch

Fingerprint presentation attack detection is becoming an increasingly challenging problem due to the continuous advancement of attack preparation techniques, which generate realistic-looking fake fingerprint presentations. In this work,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-22 Leonidas Spinoulas , Hengameh Mirzaalian , Mohamed Hussein , Wael AbdAlmageed

This paper proposes a method for utilizing thermal features of the hand for the purpose of presentation attack detection (PAD) that can be employed in a hand biometrics system's pipeline. By envisaging two different operational modes of our…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-13 Ewelina Bartuzi , Mateusz Trokielewicz

Backdoor attacks pose a significant threat to deep neural networks, particularly as recent advancements have led to increasingly subtle implantation, making the defense more challenging. Existing defense mechanisms typically rely on an…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Yukai Xu , Yujie Gu , Kouichi Sakurai

Thousands of vulnerabilities are reported on a monthly basis to security repositories, such as the National Vulnerability Database. Among these vulnerabilities, software misconfiguration is one of the top 10 security risks for web…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-10-03 Carlos Diego Nascimento Damasceno , Daniel Strüber

Foundation models are becoming increasingly popular due to their strong generalization capabilities resulting from being trained on huge datasets. These generalization capabilities are attractive in areas such as NIR Iris Presentation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Juan E. Tapia , Lázaro Janier González-Soler , Christoph Busch