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Face value: What it takes to fool facial recognition

March 13, 2026 · WeLiveSecurity · Severity: MEDIUM

ESET’s Jake Moore used smart glasses, deepfakes and face swaps to ‘hack’ widely-used facial recognition systems – and he'll demo it all at RSAC 2026

Key Takeaways

  • ESET's Jake Moore used smart glasses, deepfakes, and face swaps to hack widely used facial recognition systems.
  • The demonstrations reveal how easily facial recognition systems can be fooled with readily available tools and techniques.
  • Organizations using facial recognition should account for presentation attacks and add liveness detection to counter spoofing.
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