full-disk-encryption
2 posts tagged full-disk-encryption.
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BitUnlocker: When Microsoft's Recovery Environment Becomes the Master Key
In July 2025, Microsoft's internal red team chained four CVEs in WinRE to bypass TPM-only BitLocker in under five minutes -- and the structural lesson is older than Windows 11.
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BitLocker on Windows: Architecture, Attacks, and the Limits of Full-Disk Encryption
How BitLocker evolved from an optional enterprise feature to encryption-by-default, its cryptographic architecture, every known attack, and what FDE still cannot protect against.