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Operating systems, Windows

Windows Hello fingerprint authentication isn’t as strong as Microsoft thought

November 22, 2023

Via: BGR

A group of researchers have proven that Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication isn’t as strong as the company might have thought. This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen Windows Hello’s various authentication methods hacked, but it does prove that […]


Software Security

Lenovo’s fingerprint authentication app had bad bugs that made it easy to hack

January 26, 2018

Via: The Next Web

This is pretty jarring. Lenovo has confirmed its in-house authentication software Fingerprint Manager Pro (version 8.01.86), which lets users unlock their devices using fingerprint recognition, was affected by a severe vulnerability which attackers could exploit to access to any system […]