BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately ...

This week, there have been a couple of major news related to BitLocker. Microsoft has failed to deliver on its promise of an automatic fix for "0x80070643 - ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE" messages when trying ...

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.

Forward-looking: Originally introduced with Windows Vista in 2006, BitLocker is Microsoft's own solution for managing fully encrypted volumes and storage units. The technology is also notorious for ...

Microsoft released Patch Tuesday updates for June 2024 earlier today. We have covered them in their dedicated articles here: Windows 11 (KB5039212 / KB5039213) and Windows 10 (KB5039211 / KB5039217 / ...

What Is ShrinkLocker? New Ransomware Targets Microsoft BitLocker Encryption Feature Your email has been sent A new strain of ransomware dubbed ShrinkLocker is being used by cyberattackers to target ...

The CHwapi hospital in Belgium is suffering from a cyberattack where threat actors claim to have encrypted 40 servers and 100 TB of data using Windows Bitlocker. On Sunday, CHwapi suffered an attack ...

If you're running Windows 11 Pro, you could be costing your SSD almost 50 percent of its performance and speed. According to extensive tests run by the fine folks at Tom's Hardware, Windows 11's ...

Microsoft says an Iranian state-sponsored threat group it tracks as DEV-0270 (aka Nemesis Kitten) has been abusing the BitLocker Windows feature in attacks to encrypt victims' systems. Redmond's ...

That article includes the detail that - apparently - bitlocker encryption will include all connected drives. If that's actually true, it sounds like a potential serious pitfall for anyone who uses ...