The Windows Club

BitLocker stuck on Decrypting or Encrypting in Windows 11

In this post, we will show you how to fix a BitLocker drive that is stuck decrypting or encrypting on a Windows 11/10 PC. BitLocker encryption or decryption can take a few minutes to several hours, ...
Börse Express

BitLocker-Lücke YellowKey: NCSC empfiehlt PIN-Schutz für Millionen

Nach Angaben des NCSC soll eine BitLocker-PIN verhindern, dass Angreifer über WinRE Zugriff auf verschlüsselte Systeme erlangen. Für Fälle, in denen eine klassische PIN-Eingabe nicht praktikabel ist, ...
Gadget Review

4 Ways to Fix a BitLocker Recovery Screen Without Losing Your Files

Al is a long time tech writer with a penchant for all things nerdy. While he writes for Gadget Review, he manages a team of review writers, ensuring their content is nothing short of perfect. Al is a ...
PC-WELT

Sichern Sie Ihren Bitlocker-Wiederherstellungsschlüssel rechtzeitig

In den Pro-Editionen von Windows ist die Festplattenverschlüsselung Bitlocker schon seit Windows Vista implementiert. Unter der Bezeichnung „Geräteverschlüsselung“ wurde sie mit Windows 10 auch ...
PC World

BitLocker looks cooked, but don’t panic (yet)

Back in May, we learned that security researchers found a vulnerability in Windows’ BitLocker encryption system. This vulnerability enabled bad actors to completely bypass the encryption if they got ...
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. Image: Generated via Google’s Nano Banana A new Windows ...
Forbes

How To Mitigate The Microsoft Windows BitLocker YellowKey USB 0-Day

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Microsoft publishes angry hacker YellowKey zero-day mitigation. As an angry hacker going by ...
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 ...
hothardware.com

YellowKey Tool Bypasses Windows 11 BitLocker Using Only a USB Stick

Update 5/21: Since this article was released, recommend mitigations for YellowKey and other attacks have been released, as well as a full patch for BlueHammer. Nightmare-Eclipse, a cybersecurity ...
TechSpot

A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it

The Epitome of WTF: A researcher known as "Nightmare-Eclipse" recently released YellowKey, a security vulnerability that allegedly enables a full bypass of BitLocker's full-volume encryption. The ...
Ars Technica

Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections

A zero-day exploit circulating online allows people with physical access to a Windows 11 system to bypass default BitLocker protections and gain complete access to an encrypted drive within seconds.