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A new Windows 11 BitLocker bypass only needs a USB stick, and the researcher thinks it's a backdoor

BitLocker is the encryption layer that most Windows 11 users never think about. It runs quietly in the background and it's tied to the TPM, with the entire point of it being that if someone walks off ...
JD Supra

YellowKey Zero-Day and the BitLocker Bypass: Compliance and Incident Response Implications

A publicly disclosed and widely unpatched zero-day vulnerability, named YellowKey, permits anyone with physical access to a device running Windows 11 or Windows Server 2022/2025 to bypass BitLocker ...
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 ...
TechRepublic

Microsoft Warns: Windows Zero-Day ‘YellowKey’ Can Bypass BitLocker

Microsoft has released a temporary mitigation for YellowKey, a Windows zero-day that can reportedly bypass BitLocker protections. Image: QINQIE99 / Shutterstock Microsoft has moved to contain the ...
BleepingComputer

Windows BitLocker zero-day gives access to protected drives, PoC released

A cybersecurity researcher has published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for two unpatched Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities named YellowKey and GreenPlasma, which are a BitLocker bypass and a ...
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 ...
Ars Technica

BitLocker bypass

This just came across my feed. It's a blurb about a potential backdoor with BitLocker. I came across a story about this here: https://www.xda-developers.com/new ...