Collaborate Disseminate
The recent faulTPM paper (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.14717v1.pdf) deals mostly with Bitlocker and only mentions LUKS to note the differences.
The authors state:
With a passphrase, however, the same level of security that the passphrase-on… Continue reading Does faulTPM defeat the LUKS-based FDE with a passphrase?
Some users complained about this issue that when they access BitLocker on their Windows 11/10 computer, they see a For your security, some settings are managed by your system administrator message on the top part of the BitLocker Drive Encryption windo… Continue reading For your security, some settings are managed by your system administrator
I seen you can associate a smart card when you encrypt the drive with bitlocker, but I am not sure if …
You can unlock with a smart card as an alternative to your password that you set (not the recovery key);
Or it is the smart card an … Continue reading Can you require both a password and a smart card to unlock a bitlocker drive?
Microsoft has published information about a recent security problem classified as "BitLocker Security Feature Bypass" identified as CVE-2022-41099 which points out that Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) images are at this time… Continue reading Why/When does patching CVE-2022-41099 (BitLocker Bypass) require extra steps?
I have a 1TB HDD encrypted with BitLocker. It was set up in a way that when I’d boot Windows it would automatically mount it using the key. (I believe it is stored in some kind of .BEK file) I no longer have this Windows install, and I don… Continue reading Recovering the key of a lost BitLocker volume
yesterday I turned of my long life running Windows machine that uses Bitlocker for years. In the shutdown sequence, windows installed updates.
Today I started my machine and I get asked as usually after my password. I entered this password… Continue reading BitLocker I know my Password but not the recovery key [migrated]
I have a question regarding bitlocker. Suppose I have any operating system installed on an unencrypted disk (windows for example) and I have confidential data on it. Then, someone formats the disk and installs windows, but this time encryp… Continue reading Does Bitlocker securely erase the blocks where the first and last partition will go?
I have a question regarding bitlocker. When we encrypt a disk that already contains the windows 10 operating system, only the "c:" partition is encrypted, now my question is: if I had a disk with sensitive information, and I inst… Continue reading Bitlocker encrypts the blocks where the first and last partition will go?
I am wondering what happens when I log into an encrypted Windows PC – could an attacker steal data from the PC while logged in or is it encrypted and to access the drive he would need the Bitlocker key? Does it actually prevent data breach… Continue reading When using Bitlocker and I am logged into a PC is the data accessible for outside devices? (mounted)
In this post, we will show you how to find the BitLocker Recovery Key for your BitLocker Encrypted Volume by saving it locally, using Microsoft Account or Azure Active Directory Account. A BitLocker Recovery Key is needed to access an encrypted data dr… Continue reading How to find BitLocker Recovery Key with Key ID in Windows 11