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I have searched, and have been unable to find an adequate answer to my question. My apologies as I’m sure this is a relatively elementary question for the users here.
I have encrypted my Windows 10 boot drive with BitLocke… Continue reading Backing up an encypted drive on an encrypted drive
I have a USB that contains the Bitlocker key. When I open USB I dont see any files inside. How can I move the Bitlocker key to another USB?
Continue reading Where is Bitlocker encryption key stored in USB?
I was quite shocked today to see that a Windows 10 Pro machine that I recently set up with BitLocker (startup PIN + TPM with full disk encryption) suddenly didn’t have BitLocker enabled anymore:
And apparently Windows mess… Continue reading How to prevent Windows Update from suspending BitLocker encrytion?
This is not a case of a forgotten password or lost recovery key.
I have a Dell Inspiron 5378 laptop with Intel PTT and Windows 10 Home. Bitlocker shouldn’t even be available in Home, but the drive was automatically (as in I … Continue reading Recovering *AUTOMATICALLY ENCRYPTED* BitLocker drive
I have a Dell XPS 9550. This was shipped without a TPM.
I have since installed a Samsung 970 EVO SSD which as I understand is a self-encrypting drive (SED) and, what I am not sure about is, it can be encrypted without a TPM?… Continue reading Samsung EVO 970 SSD on laptop without TPM – secure erase, is the drive encrypted?
I have a Dell XPS 9550. This was shipped without a TPM.
I have since installed a Samsung 970 EVO SSD which as I understand is a self-encrypting drive (SED) and, what I am not sure about is, it can be encrypted without a TPM?
So, I have i… Continue reading Samsung EVO 970 SSD on laptop without TPM – secure erase, is the drive encrypted?
When a computer has a TPM module, BitLocker doesn’t seem to require a password, which makes me really uncomfortable. Where’s the key coming from? What’s preventing someone from grabbing the key by booting that computer and using a bug in W… Continue reading How do TPM and BitLocker work together?
Researchers from Radboud University in the Netherlands, Carlo Meijer and Bernard van Gastel, have published a paper claiming that encryption on SEDs can be bypassed using different attack vectors
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Continue reading Self-Encrypting SSDs Vulnerable to Attack, Microsoft Warns
Firmware updates won’t address the problem, so admins need to take other action. Continue reading Samsung, Crucial’s Flawed Storage Drive Encryption Leaves Data Exposed
Suppose the firmware of an SSD or HDD has been compromised by rogue actors either through “interdiction” (interception) or via the internet. They are able to exfiltrate data and conduct surveillance at will without my knowled… Continue reading Does full disk encryption offer mitigation in the case of the firmware of an SSD being compromised?