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Microsoft BitLocker – YellowKey zero-day exploit

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14 May
Microsoft BitLocker – YellowKey zero-day exploit
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14 May
Mystery Microsoft bug leaker keeps the zero-days coming

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11 Jun
New GreatXML Exploit Bypasses Windows BitLocker via Recovery Partition XML Files

Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse and MSNightmare) has released a new Windows BitLocker bypass dubbed GreatXML, a day after they published an exploit for

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17 May
New Windows 'MiniPlasma' zero-day exploit gives SYSTEM access, PoC released

A cybersecurity researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a Windows privilege escalation zero-day dubbed "MiniPlasma" that lets attackers gain SYSTEM privileges on

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28 May
GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits

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14 May
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 zero-days involving a BitLocker bypass and a privilege

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8 Apr
Microsoft Abruptly Terminates VeraCrypt Account, Halting Windows Updates

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14 May
Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections

It's not entirely clear how the exploit works. Microsoft says it's investigating.

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24 Mar
Microsoft blocks trick to unlock native NVMe driver, but workarounds still exist

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