Their spoofing efforts were published on the Cybersecurity site Seclists on Dec. 18. The Cybersecurity experts bypassed Windows Hello — which is Microsoft's password-free security software — on both a Dell and Microsoft laptop running different versions of Windows 10, which is cause for concern for anyone using this feature to log into their account.*
Deceiving Windows 10 didn't take too much effort. It just required "having access to a suitable photo of an authorized person" to "easily" bypass the system, wrote the experts. The photo required is the full image of someone's face — so if someone really wants to attempt to deceive the facial recognition system, the barriers aren't too great.* Read more...