Security researcher finds zero-day exploit that defeats Windows 11 BitLocker, calls it an insane 'backdoor' discovery
… Normally, at this stage, a BitLocker recovery key would be required, but YellowKey bypasses that safeguard entirely. …
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Microsoft threatened a security researcher with criminal charges, and the cybersecurity community isn't having it
… Three others, YellowKey, GreenPlasma, and MiniPlasma, remain unpatched. …
Microsoft sets a Patch Tuesday record with 206 fixes, and finally patches every zero-day Nightmare Eclipse disclosed
… The patched flaws include GreenPlasma, a Windows CTFMON privilege-escalation exploit, YellowKey, a BitLocker bypass that could grant access to encrypted drives, and MiniPlasma, a privilege-escalation flaw originally reported in 2020 that Nightmare Eclipse claimed was never fully fixed. …
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… " Dubbed YellowKey, the exploit allows anyone with physical access to a Windows 11 system to bypass default BitLocker protections and gain complete access to an encrypted device within seconds. …