More generally, it seems the PC industry thinks that security and privacy are a luxury PRO feature. It seemed like for a long time, you couldn't get bitlocker encryption for Windows Home versions. It ...

You switched on your PC. But instead of your desktop, you see a blue screen asking for a BitLocker recovery key when you haven’t even locked your drive. You don’t know how that happened, and it feels ...

Two unpatched Windows exploit PoCs target BitLocker protections and privilege controls after Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday security update. Microsoft’s quiet Patch Tuesday did not stay quiet for long.

Large-scale security update: Microsoft rolled out fixes for 120 flaws across Windows, Office, and other services, with 30 rated critical, in one of its biggest Patch Tuesdays. Windows 11 encryption ...

The Epitome of WTF: A researcher known as "Nightmare-Eclipse" recently released YellowKey, a security vulnerability that allegedly enables a full bypass of BitLocker's full-volume encryption. The ...

An anonymous cybersecurity researcher who disclosed three Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities has returned with two more zero-days involving a BitLocker bypass and a privilege escalation impacting ...

A cybersecurity researcher has published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for two unpatched Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities named YellowKey and GreenPlasma, which are a BitLocker bypass and a ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. A friend called me on a Sunday afternoon. His HP laptop had stopped booting. The display had locked up behind a ...

If you can’t find your BitLocker recovery key, this post will help you. BitLocker is a volume encryption feature in Windows that lets you encrypt an entire volume to protect your data. It provides a ...

In sharp contrast with its approach to privacy, Windows 11 security is in a good place, with no major enshittification issues. However, security is too big an issue to ignore, and Windows 11 ...