"Researchers Undermine 'Windows Hello' on Lenovo, Dell, Surface Pro PCs"

Researchers have discovered a way to compromise three of the most commonly used fingerprint readers in today's PCs. With Microsoft's support, Blackwing Intelligence analysts attempted to circumvent the biometric security provided by a Dell Inspiron 15, a Lenovo ThinkPad T14, and the Microsoft Surface Pro 8/X. During the research, they figured out how to abuse each of the three brands of print sensors used by those devices for Microsoft's sign-in service, "Windows Hello." Each exploit required a user to have fingerprint authentication enabled and the attacker to have physical access to the device. Even though the sensors read fingerprints perfectly well, the analysts were able to exploit the communication line between the sensors and their host devices. This article continues to discuss the research on tampering with the communication line between the sensors and host computers.

Dark Reading reports "Researchers Undermine 'Windows Hello' on Lenovo, Dell, Surface Pro PCs"

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