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A newly found Windows flaw called 'YellowKey' lets attackers unlock BitLocker-encrypted drives — and Microsoft just rushed out an emergency fix

Microsoft broke from its regular monthly patch schedule in late May 2026 to push an emergency fix for a vulnerability that ...
The Hacker News

Windows Zero-Days Expose BitLocker Bypasses And CTFMON Privilege Escalation

An anonymous cybersecurity researcher who disclosed three Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities has returned with two more ...

Windows BitLocker zero-day gives access to protected drives, PoC released

A cybersecurity researcher has published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for two unpatched Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities ...
Neowin

Rufus 3.22 Beta adds an option to disable BitLocker, removes ISO downloads on Windows 70 0

Rufus 3.22 Beta is now available for download from GitHub. It allows disabling automatic BitLocker encryption SHA-1 and SHA-2 acceleration on supported processors and other changes. Rufus, a popular ...
Ars Technica

Crucial and Samsung SSD encryption easily bypassed, MBAM/BitLocker on Windows 10

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.
TechRepublic

What Is ShrinkLocker? New Ransomware Targets Microsoft BitLocker Encryption Feature

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 ...