Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone

2024-04-27 01:18 AM by Alex Mitchell

Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California released a ruling that concluded state highway police were acting lawfully when they forcibly unlocked a suspect’s phone using their fingerprint. You probably didn’t hear about it. The case didn’t get a lot of coverage, especially because the courts weren’t giving a blanket green light …

Researchers bypass Microsoft’s Windows Hello via security flaws

2023-11-23 02:51 AM by Alex Smith

Security researchers uncovered multiple vulnerabilities with the top three fingerprint sensors used on laptops, allowing them to bypass Microsoft’s Windows Hello biometric authentication system. Blackwing Intelligence detailed their work in a recent blog post, as spotted by The Verge. Microsoft Offensive Research and Security Engineering (MORSE) asked Blackwing to evaluate the security of fingerprint sensors and …