Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections

A zero-day exploit circulating online allows people with physical access to a Windows 11 system to bypass default BitLocker ...
The Hacker News

Windows Zero-Days Expose BitLocker Bypasses And CTFMON Privilege Escalation

An anonymous cybersecurity researcher who disclosed three Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities has returned with two more ...
Morning Overview on MSN

A disgruntled researcher just dropped two Windows zero-days — one bypasses BitLocker and the other gives any user SYSTEM privileges

Sometime in the days after Microsoft shipped its May 2026 Patch Tuesday update, an anonymous security researcher published ...
TweakTown

Security researcher finds zero-day exploit that defeats Windows 11 BitLocker, calls it an insane 'backdoor' discovery

Users who rely solely on TPM-based BitLocker are most at risk, while those with a PIN or USB security key at boot are ...
XDA Developers on MSN

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

Apparently, not even TPM+PIN is safe from YellowKey.

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 ...
SecurityWeek

Researcher Drops YellowKey, GreenPlasma Windows Zero-Days

A disgruntled security researcher this week publicly disclosed two zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows that enable BitLocker ...

Two Unpatched Windows Exploits Target BitLocker, SYSTEM Access

Two unpatched Windows exploit PoCs target BitLocker protections and privilege controls after Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday ...
ZDNet

Researchers break into BitLocker

The security test lab of Fraunhofer SIT has published a technique for getting around Microsoft's BitLocker disk-encryption technology, even when BitLocker is used in connection with a hardware-based ...
Ars Technica

Cannot enable TPM / Bitlocker after MOBO replacement (Dell)

Have a laptop where we had to get Dell to replace the motherboard. After motherboard replacement, the system prompted me for the bitlocker key as normal, prompting me to recall how mussed up things ...