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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Microsoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoor

www.tomshardware.com

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Microsoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoor

www.tomshardware.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

cross-posted to:
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Also, it's a twofer with the GreenPlasma zero-day local privilege escalation.

YellowKey reportedly works in Windows 11, Windows Server 2022 and 2025, but not in Windows 10.

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