CyberLink Will Showcase the Latest Applications of its FaceMe® AI Facial Recognition Solution at CES 2020

Taipei, Taiwan — December 20, 2019CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer of AI and facial recognition technologies, will showcase FaceMe® with several innovative applications of its cutting-edge AIoT technologies for use cases covering authentication, access control, safety, security, visitor analytics and more at CES 2020, booth #25555, Hall South 2, in the Las Vegas Convention Center, January 7-10, 2020.

FaceMe® is an AI facial recognition engine at the forefront of biometric solutions with innovation that keeps pushing standards for accuracy, performance, security and flexibility, across a wide range of industries. Since the launch of FaceMe® in late 2018, CyberLink has collaborated with over a hundred global partners, including hardware makers, solution providers and system integrators, deploying the technology across multiple IoT/AIoT scenarios. CES visitors will be able to experience firsthand a number of these new applications

 

FaceMe® is one of the world’s top facial recognition engines. Its edge-based architecture delivers very precise biometric data in a few milliseconds, runs cross-platform, and supports a variety of hardware configurations.  Powered by deep learning and neural network algorithms FaceMe® detects faces on live feeds or recorded videos to identify people and measure a number of attributes such as age, gender, mood and face orientation. It yields up to a 99.82% accuracy rate over Labeled Faces in the Wild (LFW) database, and is ranked 12th among all participants in FRVT 1:1 (WILD 1E-4) in the Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) conducted by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). FaceMe® offers cross-platform capabilities on Windows, Linux, Android and iOS, for a variety of edge devices and different hardware configurations, such as security systems, retail store cameras, smart door bells, body cameras and service robots. 

“Facial recognition and edge-based AI are quickly becoming some of the market’s hottest technologies and with FaceMe®, we are committed to providing our fast-growing customer base around the world with the most flexible, precise biometric solutions,” said Dr. Jau Huang, CyberLink’s founder and CEO. “Visitors to our CES booth will be able to learn about FaceMe® and experience some of the most recent and exciting applications of our cutting-edge technology.”

Richard Carriere, Senior Vice President and General Manager at CyberLink, has been invited by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) to speak about current trends in AI technology and the latest innovations to the FaceMe® AI recognition engine in a Press Conference at CES 2020, held on January 6, 2020 at 3 p.m. in the Oceanside Ballroom F, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Come meet the FaceMe® team and take a look at our latest developments in AI and facial recognition. Experience our technology through several demos and use cases at booth #25555, Hall South 2, in the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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For more information about FaceMe®, please visit the official website at www.cyberlink.com/FaceMe

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Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About CyberLink
Founded in 1996, CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) is the world leader in multimedia software and AI facial recognition technology. CyberLink addresses the demands of consumer, commercial and education markets through a wide range of solutions, covering digital content creation, multimedia playback, video conferencing, live casting, mobile applications and AI facial recognition.  CyberLink has shipped several hundred million copies of its multimedia software and apps, including the award-winning PowerDirector, PhotoDirector, and PowerDVD.  With years of research in the fields of artificial intelligence and facial recognition, CyberLink has developed the FaceMe® Facial Recognition Engine. Powered by deep learning algorithms, FaceMe® delivers the reliable, high-precision, and real-time facial recognition that is critical to AIoT applications such as smart retail, smart security, and surveillance, smart city and smart home. For more information about CyberLink, please visit the official website at www.cyberlink.com

CyberLink CEO Dr. Jau Huang Shares Insights on Edge Computing and Showcases FaceMe® AI-based Facial Recognition Engine at Intel Edge Computing Solution Summit

Taipei, Taiwan — December 19, 2019—CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer of AI and facial recognition technologies, participated in the Intel Edge Computing Solution Summit. The summit brought together leaders from the IoT industry who shared insights on AI edge computing’s latest breakthroughs and the opportunities that this technology will bring in the future. Dr. Jau Huang, CyberLink’s founder and CEO, was invited to speak about the benefits of edge computing and how it enables precise, fast, affordable and secure AIoT use cases including facial recognition, such as the company’s FaceMe® AI-based engine.

 

With FaceMe®, CyberLink has leveraged edge-based technology and AI to deliver one of the world’s most precise, flexible and best performing facial recognition engines. Compared with cloud-based solutions, edge computing is much cheaper, greatly enhances flexibility and provides real-time response, helping system integrators quickly develop and add new functionalities into existing systems and new AIoT products. FaceMe® AI facial recognition has been integrated into solutions such as identity verification, access control, statistics and customer service, across a number of industries including retail, banking, healthcare, manufacturing, security, and public safety. At the summit, Dr. Huang shared insights on edge computing current trends, opportunities and challenges, illustrated by several customer success stories.

“AI-based facial recognition is one of the key AIoT enablers and is on its way to become ubiquitous, with the proliferation of edge solutions embedded into any devices equipped with cameras,” said Dr. Jau Huang, founder and CEO of CyberLink. “FaceMe® is very well positioned to become the engine of choice across industries.”

Edge computing is one of the fastest developing and widely-applied IoT technologies. At the summit, CyberLink showcased its FaceMe® facial recognition engine powered by Intel Movidius and optimized by OpenVINO, drawing attention from hundreds of attendees. Using OpenVINO, FaceMe®’s algorithm can achieve a 7x performance boost making FaceMe® the best option on the Intel platform.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About CyberLink
Founded in 1996, CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) is the world leader in multimedia software and AI facial recognition technology. CyberLink addresses the demands of consumer, commercial and education markets through a wide range of solutions, covering digital content creation, multimedia playback, video conferencing, live casting, mobile applications and AI facial recognition.  CyberLink has shipped several hundred million copies of its multimedia software and apps, including the award-winning PowerDirector, PhotoDirector, and PowerDVD.  With years of research in the fields of artificial intelligence and facial recognition, CyberLink has developed the FaceMe® Facial Recognition Engine. Powered by deep learning algorithms, FaceMe® delivers the reliable, high-precision, and real-time facial recognition that is critical to AIoT applications such as smart retail, smart security, and surveillance, smart city and smart home. For more information about CyberLink, please visit the official website at www.cyberlink.com

ESET identifies Latin American banking trojan, Mispadu, targeting victims with malicious Facebook ads

BRATISLAVA – ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, continues its research into Latin American banking trojans with the identification of another previously unknown malware family, Mispadu.

Similar to the Amavaldo and Casbaneiro malware families recently described by ESET, Mispadu is written in Delphi and targets victims through the use of fake pop-up windows trying to persuade potential victims to share their personal details and credentials. The Mispadu banking trojan, which primarily targets Brazil and Mexico, contains backdoor functionality, can take screenshots, simulates mouse and keyboard actions, and captures keystrokes.

The ESET research team has seen the Mispadu family using two different distribution methods – spam and malvertising. While the former is common among Latin American banking trojans, the latter is quite rare. The threat actor behind Mispadu places sponsored advertisements on Facebook that offer fake discount coupons for McDonald’s. Clicking on the advertisement leads the potential victim to a malicious webpage where a ZIP file containing an MSI installer, masquerading as a discount coupon, can be downloaded. If downloaded and executed, a chain of three scripts follows, resulting in the download and execution of the Mispadu banking trojan. The trojan uses four potentially unwanted applications, all modified copies of legitimate software, to extract the victim’s stored credentials from web browsers and email clients.

In Brazil, Mispadu has been seen also distributing an interesting, malicious Google Chrome extension. The extension claims to “Protect your Chrome,” but instead it attempts to steal credit card and online banking data, and can even compromise Boleto, a popular payment system in Brazil that uses a barcode-based ticketing system to transfer payments. The Boleto component of the Mispadu malware attack is its most advanced feature, as it replaces the legitimate barcode on a Boleto ticket with one connected to the attacker’s bank account, generated via the abuse of a legitimate website.

For more details, read the blog post, Mispadu: advertisement for a discounted Unhappy Meal, on WeLiveSecurity.

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About ESET
For 30 years, ESET® has been developing industry-leading IT security software and services for businesses and consumers worldwide. With solutions ranging from endpoint security to encryption and two-factor authentication, ESET’s high-performing, easy-to-use products give individuals and businesses the peace of mind to enjoy the full potential of their technology. ESET unobtrusively protects and monitors 24/7, updating defenses in real time to keep users safe and businesses running without interruption. Evolving threats require an evolving IT security company. Backed by R&D facilities worldwide, ESET became the first IT security company to earn 100 Virus Bulletin VB100 awards, identifying every single “in-the-wild” malware without interruption since 2003.

CyberLink’s FaceMe® Cooperates with Advantech on AIoT Breakthrough, Showcasing New and Unmatched Level of Performance for its AI-based Facial Recognition Engine

Taipei, Taiwan — December 12, 2019CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer of AI and facial recognition technologies, participated in 2020 Advantech Embedded-IoT World Partner Conference at Advantech’s Linkou Smart Campus. Dr. Jau Huang, CyberLink’s founder and CEO was invited to speak about the results of its successful and strategic partnership with Advantech in the conference’s segment entitled: “TechTalks: The Evolution of Edge Computing and AI.” The partnership is enabling considerable enhancements to FaceMe®’s performance when running on Advantech’s AIR Inference System combined with Intel Movidius VPU. It provides a significant proof point on both companies’ leadership in the global AIoT industry.

 

Powered by deep learning algorithms, FaceMe® delivers reliable, high-precision, and real-time facial recognition that is critical to AIoT applications such as smart retail, security, public safety, banking and smart home. Based on machine learning and deep neural network, FaceMe® has an accuracy rate (TAR, True Acceptance Rate) of 99.5% at 10-4 FAR. It ranks amongst the most precise and fastest facial recognition engines in the NIST’s Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT). Built for Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS, FaceMe® is one of the most flexible and comprehensive cross-platform development solutions.

At the conference, Advantech demonstrated its AIR Inference System powered by Intel Movidius VPU, showcasing a 20X improvement in FaceMe®’s performance compared to a similar system equipped with a conventional CPU – all while maintaining the engine’s outstanding facial recognition precision. In addition to driving down the costs of bandwidth and computation over AI solutions running on the cloud, Edge-based FaceMe® furthers its already considerable performance advantage when using this new Advantech system.

“Leading hardware developers and system integrators around the world strive to innovate and develop new AI solutions. We welcome collaboration initiatives that integrate FaceMe®’s AI facial recognition engine and bring reliable, secure and highly performing offerings to the market,” said Dr. Jau Huang, CyberLink’s founder and CEO. “CyberLink and Advantech’s partnership is strengthening both companies’ global AIoT leadership.”

Advantech is a global leader in the fields of IoT intelligent systems and embedded platforms. With FaceMe®, CyberLink is providing hardware developers and system integrators one of the world’s most precise, fastest and most flexible AI facial recognition engines, driving a wide and rapidly growing range of AIoT applications and scenarios.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About CyberLink
Founded in 1996, CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) is the world leader in multimedia software and AI facial recognition technology. CyberLink addresses the demands of consumer, commercial and education markets through a wide range of solutions, covering digital content creation, multimedia playback, video conferencing, live casting, mobile applications and AI facial recognition.  CyberLink has shipped several hundred million copies of its multimedia software and apps, including the award-winning PowerDirector, PhotoDirector, and PowerDVD.  With years of research in the fields of artificial intelligence and facial recognition, CyberLink has developed the FaceMe® Facial Recognition Engine. Powered by deep learning algorithms, FaceMe® delivers the reliable, high-precision, and real-time facial recognition that is critical to AIoT applications such as smart retail, smart security, and surveillance, smart city and smart home. For more information about CyberLink, please visit the official website at www.cyberlink.com