Hardware Security
The latest Hardware Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Alterego’s Silent Speech Wearable: How Muscle Signals Could Replace Keyboards—and the Privacy Risks That Follow
A behind-the-ear wearable that silently translates your intended speech into text and AI commands has ignited a firestorm of excitement and alarm. Alterego’s demo, billed as a “near-telepathic”...
AAA Shooters Now Demand Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 on Windows 10 – Here’s Your Upgrade Guide
Several blockbuster multiplayer shooters have started refusing to launch on Windows 10 unless Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 are enabled, abruptly ending an era where PC players could ignore platform...
Microsoft Embeds Custom HSM Chip in Every Azure Server to Slash Latency and Boost Security
Microsoft has quietly shifted a cornerstone of cloud security from centralized appliance clusters into the very silicon of every new Azure server. At the Hot Chips 2025 conference, the company...
Microsoft Bakes Hardware Security and Quantum-Resistant Crypto Directly into Azure Servers
Microsoft’s cloud security architects have fundamentally reimagined how to protect data and workloads in Azure, moving from software firewalls and centralized appliances to hardware-anchored...
Hot Chips 2025: Microsoft Unveils Azure Integrated HSM and Open-Source Caliptra 2.0 Root of Trust
At Hot Chips 2025, Microsoft pulled back the curtain on a fundamental redesign of Azure’s hardware security, revealing a custom security ASIC called Azure Integrated HSM and an open-source silicon...
Microsoft Taps Marvell's LiquidSecurity PCIe HSMs to Lock Down Azure Cloud HSM Infrastructure
Microsoft has selected Marvell's LiquidSecurity family of hardware security modules (HSMs) to underpin its Azure Cloud HSM service, the companies confirmed on August 18, 2025. The deal cements...
Microsoft Taps Marvell's LiquidSecurity FIPS 140-3 Level 3 PCIe HSMs to Power Azure Cloud HSM
Microsoft has selected Marvell's LiquidSecurity family of hardware security modules to anchor its Azure Cloud HSM service, extending a years-long collaboration that already underpins Azure Key Vault...
Windows 10's Decade-Long Run Nears the Finish Line: How to Prepare for the October 14, 2025 Shutdown
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Live Hack Exposes Windows Hello Biometric Loophole—Researchers Say Disable It Now
A packed auditorium at Black Hat 2025 in Las Vegas watched in silence as security researcher Tillmann Osswald remotely enrolled his own face onto his colleague’s Windows Hello-protected...
Windows Hello Biometric Bypass: Researchers Swap Faces to Hijack PCs—Here’s How ESS Stops It
Two German researchers standing on the Black Hat stage just demonstrated how an attacker with local admin rights can swap their own facial biometrics into a stolen laptop’s Windows Hello...
Black Hat Demo Exposes Windows Hello Biometric Flaw: Admin Rights Enable Face Injection Attack
German security researchers at the Black Hat USA 2025 conference in Las Vegas have demonstrated a stark vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows Hello biometric authentication system. The live demo...
Battlefield 2042 Now Demands Secure Boot: A Step-by-Step Guide to UEFI and Anti-Cheat
EA’s latest anti-cheat salvo for Battlefield 2042 has detonated across the PC gaming community, leaving a trail of error messages and frantic BIOS navigation in its wake. With the v8.8.0 update,...