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Windows Hello Bypass Fools Biometrics Safeguards in PCs

A Windows security bug would allow an attacker to fool a USB camera used in the biometric facial-recognition aspect of the system. A vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows 10 password-free ...
Liliputing

Security researches bypass Windows Hello fingerprint authentication due to “multiple vulnerabilities”

A growing number of Windows laptops feature fingerprint sensors with support for Microsoft’s Windows Hello technology. The idea is to let users login quickly by tapping a finger against the sensor ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

#BHUSA: Windows Hello Passwordless Bypass Revealed

Passwords are often a weak point in security, which is why approaches like Microsoft Hello that provide a passwordless approach to authentication are becoming increasingly popular. While the promise ...
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Black Hat: Microsoft’s Patch for Windows Hello Bypass Bug is Faulty, Researchers Say

Researchers show how to circumvent Microsoft’s Windows Hello biometric authentication using a spoofed USB camera. LAS VEGAS – Microsoft Windows 10 biometric user authentication systems Windows Hello ...
Android

100% reliable bypass found for Windows Hello authentication

Microsoft‘s Offensive Research and Security Engineering (MORSE) asked Blackwing Intelligence to evaluate if there’s any bypass for Windows Hello fingerprint authentication. To our surprise, the ...
ZDNet

Windows 10 security: Here's how researchers managed to fool Windows Hello

Security researchers have shown how they were able to bypass Windows 10's Windows Hello biometric authentication with just a single infrared frame of the target. Researchers at security firm Cyber Ark ...
Forbes

Microsoft Confirms New Windows 10 Login Bypass Threat: Here’s The Fix

Security researchers have found a way to bypass the Windows Hello facial recognition that is used by hundreds of thousands of Windows 10 users to login. The latest batch of 'Patch Tuesday' security ...