#SecureDeviceConnectionProtocol

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

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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

Windows Hello auth bypassed on Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo laptops

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November 22, 2023 at 02:09PM Security researchers discovered vulnerabilities in fingerprint sensors on Dell Inspiron, Lenovo ThinkPad, and Microsoft Surface Pro X laptops. The researchers were able to bypass Windows Hello fingerprint authentication using man-in-the-middle attacks. Microsoft’s Secure Device Connection Protocol (SDCP) was supposed to prevent these attacks, but it was not enabled on two … Read more