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 ...

Microsoft just launched a new update for Windows 11, KB5055523, but it seems it won’t install for some users or gets stuck at 20% or 70%. And it’s breaking Windows Hello along the way. Windows 11 has ...

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You can probably mitigate this to some degree by adding an authentication mechanism to the webcam so Windows Hello will only trust that specific webcam. If you ...

Smartphones have been using biometric authentication like fingerprints and faces long before those became more common on laptops and even desktops. Microsoft's Windows Hello framework is its attempt ...

Microsoft designed Windows Hello to be compatible with webcams across multiple brands, but that feature designed for ease of adoption could also make the technology vulnerable to bad actors. As ...