How To Mitigate The Microsoft Windows BitLocker YellowKey USB 0-Day

Following the release of a BitLocker zero-day security bypass by a disgruntled hacker, Microsoft has now offered mitigation ...
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 ...
SecurityWeek

Microsoft Rolls Out Mitigations for ‘YellowKey’ BitLocker Bypass

Microsoft has announced mitigations for CVE-2026-45585, a BitLocker bypass triggered via FsTx in Windows Recovery.
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 ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN

Microsoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick

Also, it's a twofer with the GreenPlasma zero-day local privilege escalation.
Windows Report

YellowKey BitLocker Bypass And GreenPlasma Exploit Surface For Windows 11

New YellowKey and GreenPlasma exploits reportedly target BitLocker and privilege escalation on Windows 11 and Windows Server ...

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 ...
Windows Report

Microsoft Rushes to Mitigate Dangerous New “YellowKey” Windows Exploit

Microsoft rushes to mitigate the new “YellowKey” flaw that may bypass BitLocker protections and expose encrypted Windows ...
TechSpot

A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it

The Epitome of WTF: A researcher known as "Nightmare-Eclipse" recently released YellowKey, a security vulnerability that allegedly enables a full bypass of BitLocker's full-volume encryption. The ...

Mystery Microsoft bug leaker keeps the zero-days coming

YellowKey and GreenPlasma are the latest in a series of five Microsoft zero-day bugs the researcher has exposed this year.