HP has confirmed a faulty BIOS update causing BitLocker recovery loops and boot failures on some Windows 11 commercial PCs ...

HP business laptops are stuck in BitLocker recovery loops after a faulty BIOS update that also disrupted Microsoft's Secure ...

Microsoft warns Windows 11 PCs without the new Secure Boot certificates may lose future protections, boot security updates, ...

Microsoft added drive encryption to Windows with BitLocker, which is also intended to withstand physical attacks, thus intercepting cases where devices are stolen, for example. However, ...

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02-18-2026: All USB drives are now blacklisted. Recovery key collection now validates RecoveryPassword is non-empty. Modified card order so OS Volume is always first. Squashed some bugs & edge case ...

A critical Windows expiration date is coming next month for more than a billion PCs - and even some Linux distros are affected. Is your PC ready?

For years, we've been told that encryption is the gold standard for digital privacy. If data is encrypted, it is supposed to be locked away from hackers, companies and governments alike. That ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

Microsoft confirmed it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI after receiving a valid warrant, reigniting the debate over user privacy and encryption. While BitLocker remains secure, the incident ...