Anyone who uses Windows has probably run into Bitlocker. Your hard drive is encrypted, and Bitlocker runs silently in the background, decrypting data on demand. The problem is key storage. In a simplified sense, encryption keys are stored in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). When your comput...
Anyone who uses Windows has probably run into Bitlocker. Your hard drive is encrypted, and Bitlocker runs silently in the background, decrypting data on demand. The problem is key storage. In a simplified sense, encryption keys are stored in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). When your comput...
To encrypt your hard drive, press theWindows Key, type "This PC," and open the app in the results. Right-click on the hard drive you want to encrypt and selectTurn on BitLocker. SelectUse a password to unlock the drive,enter the password you wish to use and clickNext. Make sure toc...
Windows is a completely different story. Microsoft has kept its encryption service Bitlocker exclusive to the Pro versions of Windows. That just happens to be the version that consumers hardly ever use 🤷. Thankfully there are somegood alternativesto consider.Veracryptis the safest and most relia...
The page goes on to specifically recommend Microsoft'sBitLockeras an alternative for Windows users. Just who tore up the TrueCrypt site, and why, is still unknown (click to enlarge) Even more worrying,The Reghas confirmed that a binary TrueCrypt 7.2 installer for Windows, downloaded from theTru...
Anyone who uses Windows has probably run into Bitlocker. Your hard drive is encrypted, and Bitlocker runs silently in the background, decrypting data on demand. The problem is key storage. In a simplified sense, encryption keys are stored in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). When your comput...
Posted in Hackaday Columns, News, Security HacksTagged bitlocker, Doubleclickjack, This Week in Security This Week In Security: License Plates, TP-Link, And Attacking Devs December 27, 2024 by Jonathan Bennett 22 Comments We’re covering two weeks of news today, which is handy, because the...
If your disk encryption only relies on an fTPM, it’s pretty bad. The attack exposes that key and breaks encryption. For something like BitLocker that can also use a PIN, it’s a bit better, though to really offer more resistance, that needs to be a really long PIN: a 10 digit PIN...