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Read more about Bkav's New Mask Beats Face ID in "Twin Way": Do not Use Face ID in Business Transactions: http://www.bkav.com/FaceID What I'm holding in my hand is the mask which has been quite familiar recently. We used this mask to bypass the A.I. technology used in iPhone X's Face ID. This version took us around 9-10 hours to trick Face ID's A.I. It proved the principle that a mask can unlock iPhoneX's Face ID.

Earlier this month, a Vietnamese firm made a $150 prototype mask that tricked Apple's Face ID system to unlock an iPhone X. Now, the firm has created an upgraded version of the mask that looks more realistic - and it can also fool the iPhone X's face ID detection. The mask, which was made using stone powder with 2D infrared images glued on the eye area, was also able unlock an iPhone X in a video demonstration. The firm warns that because of this, Apple's Face ID is not secure enough to use in business transactions. Last month, a pair of twins were able to bypass Apple's iPhone X Face ID, even though just one of them had pre-registered his face - highlighting problems with Apple's Face ID.

Looks like Apple's Face ID technology isn't really that secure after all. After being previously tricked by a $150 mask, the Cupertino giant's new biometric system that was introduced with iPhone X is once again fooled by a 3D-printed mask even when the "Require Attention" feature is turned on. On Monday, Vietnamese security company Bkav once again proved that Apple's Face ID can easily be tricked when one has the right resources. The company apparently shared a video clip showing an iPhone X getting unlocked by a $200 3D printed mask made of stone powder. Bkav's new video comes 2 weeks after the company made headlines in mid-November for showing that a mask could easily bypass Face ID.

A Vietnamese cyber-security firm has shown the BBC how a mask can be used to unlock Apple's new iPhone X.

HANOI – A researcher in Vietnam has demonstrated how he apparently fooled Apple Inc.'s face recognition ID software on its new iPhone X using a mask made with a 3D printer, silicone and paper tape. An announcement on Friday by Bkav, a Vietnamese cybersecurity firm, that it had cracked Apple's Face ID, and a subsequent video apparently showing an iPhone being unlocked when pointed at a mask, were greeted with some skepticism. Ngo Tuan Anh, Bkav's vice president, gave Reuters several demonstrations, first unlocking the phone with his face and then by using the mask. It appeared to work each time. However, he declined to register a user ID and the mask on the phone from scratch because, he said, the iPhone and mask need to be placed at very specific angles, and the mask to be refined, a process he said could take up to nine hours.

Just 10 days after the official release of Apple's iPhone X, security researchers believe they have developed a method to defeat the device's Face ID facial recognition system that was promised to be the next big step in security. In a blog post and video published over the weekend, researchers at Vietnamese security firm Bkav laid claim to being the first to trick the iPhone X's new biometric authentication feature into unlocking. While the method has yet to be replicated or confirmed by any other experts, it does represent the first apparent vulnerability in what Apple was hoping to be a bulletproof security feature. The method used by the researchers to supposedly defeat Apple's next generation of biometric security was decidedly low tech. Bkav's team used commonly accessible materials to create a mask that was able to convince Face ID of its legitimacy.

Less than a week after the iPhone X release, a Vietnamese security firm says it has done what others couldn't -- trick the phone's facial recognition software. In a video released by the company Bkav, an employee unshrouds the mask, to which the phone apparently responds to by unlocking. "Face ID on this iPhone X is not as secure as Apple has announced," the employee says. The employee then unlocks the phone again with his own face. On its website, Bkav says it made the mask with two- and three-dimensional printers, silicone and "hand-made" skin to "trick Apple's AI."

It's one of the most wanted features in the iPhone X, but it seems that Face ID may not be as safe as Apple thinks. Cyber-security researchers claim they have fooled the face recognition technology with a mask that costs just £114 ($150) to make. The findings suggest that face recognition is not yet mature enough to guarantee security for computers and smartphones, according to the researchers. The main frame of the face was created with a 3D printer, and the nose was created by an artist from silicone. The eyes were represented with 2D images, while the'skin was also hand-made to trick Apple's AI', according to the researchers.

When Apple released the iPhone X on November 3, it touched off an immediate race among hackers around the world to be the first to fool the company's futuristic new form of authentication. A week later, hackers on the actual other side of the world claim to have successfully duplicated someone's face to unlock his iPhone X--with what looks like a simpler technique than some security researchers believed possible. On Friday, Vietnamese security firm Bkav released a blog post and video showing that--by all appearances--they'd cracked Face ID with a composite mask of 3-D-printed plastic, silicone, makeup, and simple paper cutouts, which in combination tricked an iPhone X into unlocking. That demonstration, which has yet to be confirmed publicly by other security researchers, could poke a hole in the expensive security of the iPhone X, particularly given that the researchers say their mask cost just $150 to make. But it's also a hacking proof-of-concept that, for now, shouldn't alarm the average iPhone owner, given the time, effort, and access to someone's face required to recreate it.