Security researchers bypassed Windows Hello fingerprint authentication on Dell Inspiron, Lenovo ThinkPad, and Microsoft Surface Pro X laptops in attacks exploiting security flaws found in the embedded ...

Since Windows 10 introduced Windows Hello back in 2015, most Windows laptops and tablets have shipped with some kind of biometric authentication device installed. Sometimes that means a face- or ...

The Blackwing Intelligence security firm has posted word it was able to successfully bypass the fingerprint authentication of Microsoft's Windows Hello technology with a number of laptops. A security ...

I'm not too concerned. The fingerprint reader on my work-issued Thinkpad is absolutely fucking worthless and is never able to identify me, so it won't do an attacker much good if they manage to add ...

In brief: Microsoft and other tech giants are encouraging a general pivot toward biometrics – generally considered more secure than typical passwords. However, research has repeatedly shown that ...