Researchers Undermine ‘Windows Hello’ on Lenovo, Dell, Surface Pro PCs

November 22, 2023 at 02:30PM Researchers, with support from Microsoft, have found ways to compromise three common fingerprint readers used in PCs. They were able to exploit the biometric security of Dell, Lenovo, and Microsoft laptops by taking advantage of the communication between the sensors and the devices. The manufacturers have since patched their chips. … Read more

New Flaws in Fingerprint Sensors Let Attackers Bypass Windows Hello Login

November 22, 2023 at 10:30AM Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in fingerprint sensors on Dell Inspiron 15, Lenovo ThinkPad T14, and Microsoft Surface Pro X laptops. The flaws allow bypassing Windows Hello authentication. Researchers found weaknesses in the fingerprint sensors from Goodix, Synaptics, and ELAN. Exploiting these vulnerabilities requires users to have fingerprint authentication set … Read more