Two unpatched Windows exploit PoCs target BitLocker protections and privilege controls after Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday security update. Microsoft’s quiet Patch Tuesday did not stay quiet for long.

An unnamed security researcher using the monikers "Nightmare-Eclipse" and "Chaotic Eclipse" has published a simple bypass for Microsoft's disk encryption technology BitLocker on Windows, using a ...

Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also known online as Nightmare-Eclipse, has disclosed two new Windows zero-day exploits named YellowKey and GreenPlasma. The vulnerabilities target BitLocker ...

As of today, end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages is no longer available. DMs that you send to people on Instagram will no longer feature full encryption, and your conversations are not ...

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Meta blamed users for not opting into the privacy-protecting feature. Experts fear the move could be the first major domino to fall for end-to-end encryption tech worldwide. Crucially, few companies ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs. The feature will "no longer be supported after May 8, 2026," the company wrote in an ...

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For years, we've been told that encryption is the gold standard for digital privacy. If data is encrypted, it is supposed to be locked away from hackers, companies and governments alike. That ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday. Many modern Windows ...

Microsoft confirmed it can hand over BitLocker recovery keys stored in the cloud under warrant, reviving debate over who controls encrypted data. Microsoft is under scrutiny after it emerged that the ...