Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections

A zero-day exploit circulating online allows people with physical access to a Windows 11 system to bypass default BitLocker protections and gain complete access to an encrypted drive within seconds.
heise online

Windows update can trigger demand for Bitlocker key

After installing the July updates for Windows, users are increasingly confronted with the problem that Windows asks for the Bitlocker keys. Microsoft is working on a fix. In the Windows Release Health ...
Campus Technology

BitLocker Password Exploit Is 'Very Unlikely,' Sisk Says

Redmond responded Tuesday to an independent security vendor's discovery of a hard-drive encryption vulnerability affecting Microsoft's BitLocker function, Intel/HP's BIOS and several other products ...

Attack bypasses BitLocker using Windows Recovery Environment

BitLocker is intended to protect confidential data from physical attacks. The Windows Recovery Environment bypasses the ...
Ars Technica

Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data

A previously unknown piece of ransomware, dubbed ShrinkLocker, encrypts victim data using the BitLocker feature built into the Windows operating system. BitLocker is a full-volume encryptor that ...
Redmond Magazine

BitLocker Password Exploit Is 'Very Unlikely,' Sisk Says

Redmond responded on Tuesday to an independent security vendor's discovery of a hard-drive encryption vulnerability affecting Microsoft's BitLocker function, Intel/HP's BIOS and several other products ...