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

Yesterday was Patch Tuesday, which means Microsoft has released another month’s worth of security fixes for its various products and services, plus a bunch of new features for Windows 11. Not only are ...

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 ...

Windows Central notes that the change has been made to solve a spoofing vulnerability. The question is, will it really matter? My quick tests say that from a practical sense: no, it won’t. I took ...

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 ...

QUESTION: What’s Windows Hello, and should I be using it? ANSWER: If you’re like most computer users, getting into your PC involves typing in a password or maybe even a PIN. Windows Hello is akin to ...

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, ...

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 ...

"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 ...