Windows 11's latest security update expands Enhanced Sign-in Security to external fingerprint readers. Here's what it ...

Microsoft is upgrading enterprise authentication to let Windows Hello and macOS PSSO act as standalone MFA factors. Here is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Just when you thought Microsoft couldn’t get things any worse ...

The most recent security innovation by Microsoft allows you to generate passkeys on Windows 11, which do not use passwords at all. This technology is a revolutionary authentication tool that involves ...

Windows has been using the “Windows Hello” function for biometric logon since Win 10. You can therefore simply check whether biometric hardware is available on a Windows computer in the system ...

Microsoft has announced UI improvements to the built-in passkey support in Windows 11. The new features will first be available to Windows Insiders in the coming months and, if everything goes right, ...

New Windows 10 and 11 users can no longer set up picture password, as Microsoft pushes users toward Windows Hello.

If you have a Windows Hello-compatible device with facial recognition, such as the Surface Pro 11 or a third-party webcam with an IR scanner, you might encounter a problem with biometric ...

"In addition, we encrypted the search index database. Windows Hello ESS biometrics need to be enrolled before Recall will start collecting data AND need to be enrolled to launch Recall." These privacy ...

Passkey attacks abuse Windows logs, Google Password Manager, and Windows Hello to bypass phishing-resistant MFA without breaking FIDO2.