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A new Windows 11 BitLocker bypass only needs a USB stick, and the researcher thinks it's a backdoor

BitLocker is the encryption layer that most Windows 11 users never think about. It runs quietly in the background and it's tied to the TPM, with the entire point of it being that if someone walks off ...
JD Supra

YellowKey Zero-Day and the BitLocker Bypass: Compliance and Incident Response Implications

A publicly disclosed and widely unpatched zero-day vulnerability, named YellowKey, permits anyone with physical access to a device running Windows 11 or Windows Server 2022/2025 to bypass BitLocker ...
PC World

BitLocker encryption can be defeated with trivial Windows authentication bypass

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 ...
Ars Technica

BitLocker bypass

This just came across my feed. It's a blurb about a potential backdoor with BitLocker. I came across a story about this here: https://www.xda-developers.com/new ...
Help Net Security

Microsoft provides mitigation for “YellowKey” BitLocker bypass flaw (CVE-2026-45585)

Microsoft is working on a fix for CVE-2026-45585 (aka “Yellowkey”), a vulnerability that can be used by attackers to bypass protections offered by BitLocker, the full-disk encryption feature built ...
TechRepublic

New Windows Zero-Day Claims BitLocker Bypass Amid Microsoft Disclosure Fight

A new Windows zero-day reportedly bypasses BitLocker, adding pressure on Microsoft as researchers debate the exploit’s real-world impact. A new Windows zero-day has turned BitLocker, one of ...
BleepingComputer

Microsoft disables BitLocker security fix, advises manual mitigation

Microsoft has disabled a fix for a BitLocker security feature bypass vulnerability due to firmware incompatibility issues that were causing patched Windows devices to go into BitLocker recovery mode.