Security Vulnerabilities Against Fingerprint Biometric System

TL;DR

This paper reviews security vulnerabilities in fingerprint biometric systems, discussing attack methods, threat models, and current challenges to improve system robustness and security.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of security issues, threat models, and open problems specific to fingerprint biometric systems, highlighting areas for future research.

Findings

Identification of multiple attack vectors on fingerprint systems

Analysis of threat models and security challenges

Discussion of open problems and future opportunities

Abstract

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 the most widely used because of its low cost, high matching speed, and relatively high matching accuracy. Due to the high efficiency of fingerprint biometric system in verifying a legitimate user, numerous government and private organizations are using this system for security purpose. This paper provides an overview of the fingerprint biometric system and gives details about various current security aspects related to the system. The security concerns that we address include multiple attacks on the system, associated threat models, biometric cryptosystems, current issues, challenges, opportunities, and open problems that exist in present day fingerprint biometric systems