4 quick security upgrades I always do on a new PC

PCWorld outlines four essential security upgrades for new PCs: enabling biometric login through Windows Hello, verifying encryption settings, optimizing antivirus configurations, and setting up ...
Hackaday

Beating Bitlocker In 43 Seconds

How long does it take to steal your Bitlocker keys? Try 43 seconds, using less than $10 in hardware. Encrypting your hard drive is good security. If you’re running Windows, the most popular system is ...
GIGAZINE

SSDs on some Windows machines with BitLocker enabled are about twice as fast thanks to BitLocker hardware acceleration.

Professional versions of Windows, such as Windows 11 Pro, include a storage encryption feature called BitLocker. A hardware-accelerated version of BitLocker that utilizes the SoC's encryption ...

Storing your BitLocker key in the cloud? Microsoft can give it to the FBI - what to do instead

Microsoft may give your encryption key to law enforcement upon valid request - here's how to keep it safe ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft fixes issue that sent PCs into BitLocker recovery

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing some Windows devices to boot into BitLocker recovery after installing last month's Windows security updates. Those affected by this are prompted to enter ...
TechSpot

Microsoft BitLocker encryption cracked in just 43 seconds with a $4 Raspberry Pi Pico

What just happened? Bitlocker encryption in Windows OS improves data security by protecting system files and personal data using the AES encryption algorithm. It's an important measure for people who ...
PC World

A beginner’s guide to BitLocker, Windows’ built-in encryption tool

BitLocker is Microsoft’s easy-to-use, proprietary encryption program for Windows that can encrypt your entire drive as well as help protect against unauthorized changes to your system such as firmware ...

Microsoft crosses privacy line few expected

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

Microsoft to Make BitLocker Encryption the Default in Next Windows 11 Build

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Bleeping Computer

Windows 10 KB5058379 update triggers BitLocker recovery on some devices

The Windows 10 KB5058379 cumulative update is triggering unexpected BitLocker recovery prompts on some devices afters it's installed and the computer restarted. On May 13, Microsoft released the ...

Microsoft's BitLocker encryption comes with a catch: the keys may be on Microsoft's servers

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 ...
TWCN Tech News

Error 0xc0210000, BitLocker key required to unlock the volume wasn’t loaded correctly

After you update a Hyper V-enabled Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, when the PC restarts you may get the boot/startup error code 0xc0210000 with the description ...