If you’re using Windows 10 Hello on a Lenovo system, therefore, you have nothing to worry about. It is important to note that Windows 10 machines are unaffected, thanks to Microsoft’s built-in fingerprint reader support. As Lenovo indicates in a recent support bulletin, versions of the utility older than 8.01.87 are vulnerable to attack thanks to a weak algorithm and a hard-coded password - leaving sensitive data accessible to any user with local non-administrative access to a machine.
It’s also what makes it so disturbing when there is a flaw in those systems, as was recently the case with Lenovo’s Fingerprint Manager Pro software.įingerprint Manager Pro is a Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 utility that enables the fingerprint scanner on certain Lenovo systems to match a user’s fingerprint and use it to log into the machine as well as to authenticate to websites without needing to type in a password. That is what makes recent advances in biometric security, such as fingerprint scanners and facial recognition, so welcome. All kinds of nefarious parties want to break into our machines and access our most vital personal and professional information. Matt Smith/Digital TrendsThere is a lot of bad news lately when it comes to the security of our PCs and other devices.
