To paraphrase Fox Mulder, trust no self-encrypting SSD. As of the latest Windows 10 update, Microsoft’s BitLocker encryption tool that’s built into Pro and Enterprise versions will no longer assume ...

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Forbes reports that Microsoft complied with an FBI request for decryption keys to a suspect's personal laptops last year. While the company said it cannot fulfill ...

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.

Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in response to a valid legal order, giving investigators the ability to decrypt hard drives that would otherwise have been ...

BitLocker encryption keys provided to law enforcement by Microsoft raise concerns about digital privacy as encrypted data ...

To fix the “Cannot install Windows, BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on selected partition” error, suspend BitLocker via Settings or Control Panel, or use your recovery key to unlock the drive.

Taking the time to review network encryption settings other than those in BitLocker needs much more review and examination to ensure thorough and consistent security. When we think about encryption ...

Microsoft handed over encryption keys for its hard drive encryption software BitLocker to the FBI last year, complying with a search warrant tied to a fraud investigation in Guam. This marks the first ...

Companies relying on Microsoft BitLocker to encrypt the drives of their employees’ computers should install the latest Windows patches immediately. A researcher disclosed a trivial Windows ...

I have an older Dell Inspiron 1750 laptop. I replaced its original spinning HDD with a brand new Samsung SSD 850 EVO drive, that was advertised as supporting hardware encryption. So now I'm trying to ...