Which meant that rooted Android smartphones were at greater risk.
In this attack, victims fingerprint data directly fall into attackers hand.
However the researchers have neither named the makers nor whether the patch has reached the end user.
They also have not commented on which vendor is most vulnerable from the vulnerability.
Regarding applying the same vulnerability to Apples iPhone, Zhang said it is quite secure.
The iPhone which essentially pioneered the fingerprint scanner to unlock a smartphone, encrypts fingerprint data from the scanner.
source: www.techworm.net
