There is an abundance of free encryption tools, but if you’re running Windows, BitLocker is the only tool most people need, ...

Update 19-Aug-2024: Microsoft has now resolved this bug. See details below. Five years ago, after a particularly embarrassing run of flawed Windows updates, Microsoft vowed to do better. Part of its ...

Soon after research was released that BitLocker drives could be decrypted using SSD hardware encryption flaws, Microsoft released a support bulletin describing how to protect BitLocker from 1394 & ...

Encryption can be a bit of a double-edged sword for organizations. It is an effective and essential tool for protecting sensitive data, but it often comes with a healthy side of user confusion and ...

A deep dive into Microsoft's BitLocker full-disk encryption technology was posted by Glenn Greenwald's The Intercept on Thursday. According to Lee's piece, the main concerns of the security community ...

Microsoft is investigating a bug triggering security alerts on systems with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) processor after enabling BitLocker. BitLocker is a Windows security feature that encrypts ...

Update: Microsoft has confirmed a true fix is coming so users don't have to manually work around the problem. In a separate article, the company has also detailed another security fix for a BitLocker ...

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 ...

Microsoft has expanded its Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) to include the ability to manage users’ BitLocker encrypted folders. MDOP 2011 Release 2, posted Monday, also brings significant ...

Microsoft is downplaying the severity of a password leakage issue in BitLocker, the full disk encryption feature built into Windows Vista, insisting that a real world attack scenario is "very unlikely ...

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