Researchers at the German IT Security company SySS GmbH successfully fooled the Windows 10 facial recognition system by using a printed photo of the user's face. Their spoofing efforts were published ...

The problem was discovered by researchers at SYSS who disclosed their findings on Full Disclosure. Microsoft is understood to have included a fix for the flaw in October’s Fall Creators Update. Older ...

Users across the web are reporting that Windows Hello no longer works in the dark. This change was first reported back in April, and unfortunately doesn't appear to be a bug. As detailed in April's ...

Windows 10's facial authentication system might be able to tell the difference between you and your twin, but it could apparently be fooled with a photo of your face. According to researchers from ...

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So, my wife has an Asus laptop from a few years back that has an IR and web camera integrated and it has Windows Hello enabled so she or I can simply turn it on/wake it from sleep and it 'looks' at ...

Using your face as a password seems like an ideal situation. You can't forget it, and others can't easily steal it. But it turns out, Microsoft's face-authentication ...

We've seen a few examples of Apple's Face ID system being tricked, either using a 3D-printed mask or by relatives such as identical siblings and children. But now it's the turn of Windows Hello, ...

One bit of technology that no one really talks about but has changed my life in the last handful of years is face unlock on my Windows laptop. It comes built in to most high-end laptops these days, ...

Microsoft is heading toward a pivotal moment in its Windows lifecycle, and the scale of the challenge ahead is now ...