Encryption can protect your data from crooks, but if you don't have a recovery key stored securely, it can also keep you out ...

If you back up both your data and your encryption key, your files should remain safely accessible to you (and only you). Open the Control panel in either Windows Home or Pro. Click on or search for ...

BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...

I was recently talking to someone I know about using Windows Defender to scan their system, and they decided to use the "offline scan" option (the one that reboots and does a scan before loading ...

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 ...

Drive encryption on Windows is still technically a "business" feature, but if you have Windows 11 Pro, you can fully encrypt your drive using BitLocker. Your TPM is supposed to handle the decryption ...

I've read about attacks on FDE where the RAM is dumped, either through firewire, or by freezing the RAM and plugging it into a special machine, etc. I was curious if anyone knew, because I've searched ...

We noticed a peculiar scenario where our system starts normally most of the time, but sometimes it boots into BitLocker and asks for the key. If we press Alt or any other button to try to troubleshoot ...