My fingerprint reader has stopped working for the second time. I have gone to the biometrics and the reader is not shown. I have a Thinkpad with Windows 10, fully updated. Fingerprint scanner not working on Lenovo thinkpad For some reason my fingerprint scanner just quit working and I try to rescan but it's like it's not even turned on. I'm incredibly stupid when it comes to computers - just want things to work!
I'm sure Lenovo and Validity will release new drivers that fix this issue but in the meantime the old driver does seem to solve the problem. Solution (what worked for me)-1. Uninstall the unknown device in Device Manager (the unknown device is the fingerprint reader) 2. Synaptics WBDI fingerprint driver not working on Lenovo Ideapad 520 after Windows 10 1803 Update. Has anyone else experienced their Synaptics WBDI fingerprint driver giving the error: This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the dri. Question Nitro 5 laptop not working with monitor after installing 2 16 gb crucial ram sticks: Question USB 2.0 ports suddenly stopped working. Question Laptop not turning on in all: Question Laptop for work - at most around 800 euros: Question fingerprint sensor: Huawei Matebook X Fingerprint Sensor: Loss of fingerprint scanning option on.
Lenovo wants ThinkPad owners to update their machines after its Fingerprint Manager Pro software was found to contain serious security vulnerabilities.
Among the glaring flaws cited: a hardcoded password. In the fingerprint scanner. To log into the computer.
'Sensitive data stored by Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro, including users’ Windows logon credentials and fingerprint data, is encrypted using a weak algorithm, contains a hard-coded password, and is accessible to all users with local non-administrative access to the system it is installed in,' Lenovo said in fessing up on Thursday.
Discovery of the flaws was credited to Jackson Thuraisamy at Security Compass.
In total, Lenovo says that more than two dozen ThinkPad models are vulnerable, along with five ThinkStation Models and eight ThinkCentre models.
Lenovo says Fingerprint Manager Pro was used with the Thinkpad, ThinkCentre, and ThinkStation machines running Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. The tool could be configured to store and authenticate website credentials via fingerprint.
Unfortunately, Lenovo says, it was also improperly protecting those stored credentials, leaving the readers far less secure than they should be. Now, the PC slinger is advising users still running the Fingerprint Manager Pro software to install the latest update (version 8.01.87) to address the issue.
Because the Fingerprint Manager Pro software does not need to run on Windows 10 (Microsoft added native fingerprint reader support with that build), newer and updated machines are not considered vulnerable.
Earlier this month, Lenovo moved to put to bed another headache from its past when it agreed to a settlement deal with the FTC that will end the case over its use of intrusive adware in its pre-bundled software on PCs back in 2014.®
Lenovo wants ThinkPad owners to update their machines after its Fingerprint Manager Pro software was found to contain serious security vulnerabilities.
Among the glaring flaws cited: a hardcoded password. In the fingerprint scanner. To log into the computer.
'Sensitive data stored by Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro, including users’ Windows logon credentials and fingerprint data, is encrypted using a weak algorithm, contains a hard-coded password, and is accessible to all users with local non-administrative access to the system it is installed in,' Lenovo said in fessing up on Thursday.
Discovery of the flaws was credited to Jackson Thuraisamy at Security Compass.
In total, Lenovo says that more than two dozen ThinkPad models are vulnerable, along with five ThinkStation Models and eight ThinkCentre models.
Lenovo says Fingerprint Manager Pro was used with the Thinkpad, ThinkCentre, and ThinkStation machines running Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. The tool could be configured to store and authenticate website credentials via fingerprint.
Unfortunately, Lenovo says, it was also improperly protecting those stored credentials, leaving the readers far less secure than they should be. Now, the PC slinger is advising users still running the Fingerprint Manager Pro software to install the latest update (version 8.01.87) to address the issue.
Because the Fingerprint Manager Pro software does not need to run on Windows 10 (Microsoft added native fingerprint reader support with that build), newer and updated machines are not considered vulnerable.
Windows 10 Fingerprint Reader Not Working
Earlier this month, Lenovo moved to put to bed another headache from its past when it agreed to a settlement deal with the FTC that will end the case over its use of intrusive adware in its pre-bundled software on PCs back in 2014.®
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