Microsoft broke from its regular monthly patch schedule in late May 2026 to push an emergency fix for a vulnerability that ...

Microsoft has confirmed a vulnerability in Windows Recovery Environment that can let an attacker with physical access bypass ...

Users who rely solely on TPM-based BitLocker are most at risk, while those with a PIN or USB security key at boot are ...

Microsoft has announced mitigations for CVE-2026-45585, a BitLocker bypass triggered via FsTx in Windows Recovery.

A zero-day exploit circulating online allows people with physical access to a Windows 11 system to bypass default BitLocker ...

I'm not sure if anyone saw the news, but apparently Crucial's and Samsung's self-encrypting drives have very weak keys or key verification and is easily bypassed to get access to the encrypted data.

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 ...

Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to automate updating the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) partition in order to fix CVE-2024-20666, a vulnerability that allowed for BitLocker encryption ...

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

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