Windows 10 has a very serious problem confirmed by the Microsoft company for computer users around the world, the Americans telling people to be very vigilant about what is happening. More precisely, those from Microsoft tell everyone that they discovered and solved a Windows 10 vulnerability that allowed malicious people to remove the security provided by Windows Hello and gain access to data.
Windows 10 doesn't often have such serious problems discovered, especially in a critical component of the operating system, but Microsoft has officially confirmed it this time and even found a solution. The latest Windows 10 updates released by Microsoft for the operating system also address this serious Windows Hello vulnerability, so if you use the system, you should install all of them right now.
Windows 10: The Serious Problem that Many People Didn't Know About
Windows 10 offers, through Windows Hello, the possibility to secure computers using biometric security systems, i.e. facial recognition or fingerprint scanning, so the login process is much easier. The vulnerability that exists in Windows Hello in Windows 10 could be exploited by IT security experts using only a simple USB device that was connected to the computer, but this shows how fragile this system thought by Microsoft is.
"Given Windows Hello's prevalence, over the past few months our research team has been exploring potential weaknesses in the system in hopes of strengthening biometric security overall. What resulted was the discovery of a design flaw that allows an adverse party to bypass Windows Hello's facial recognition. The vulnerability allows an attacker with physical access to the device to manipulate the authentication process by capturing or recreating a photo of the target's face and subsequently plugging in a custom-made USB device to inject the spoofed images to the authenticating host."
Windows 10 should offer a high level of security for the data of users all over the world, and demonstrations of this kind show us once again how problematic it is to offer something like this flawlessly for people. It is still important that Microsoft solved the problem, which essentially had to do with the way laptop or PC cameras perceived people's images for facial recognition, and the vulnerability was eliminated.
Windows 10 has released many updates recently with many solutions for the problems that have been discovered in the operating system, so there are many that can improve your experience of using PCs.
