Showing that physical access to a device can spell "game over" for its security, a Canadian penetration tester has ...

Step-by-step guide to setting up two-factor authentication on Google, Apple, Microsoft, and social platforms for stronger account security.

My BitLocker enabled computer won't boot without my USB.

In June 2025, Microsoft announced that, in June 2026, it would begin deprecating Secure Boot certificates of Windows systems ...

While you may be able to install Windows 11 Home, the basic version, at no cost, you won’t get remote desktop access, BitLocker device encryption, Hyper-V, or other exclusive features. Besides, at ...

As part of daily operations, small businesses may need to collect or exchange sensitive data that should be protected. It could be a financial transaction, a mailing address or some other personally ...

BitLocker encrypts your hard drive and requires a key to decrypt it. Microsoft may give your key to law enforcement upon a valid request. Don't save your key to the cloud; instead, store it locally or ...

Microsoft was asked last year to give the FBI access to the encryption keys used by BitLocker to protect data on three laptops. The company complied and warned that it receives around 20 similar ...

The mass killing of 14 people in San Bernardino in December 2015 saw the FBI trying to access what it described as “relevant and critical data” on the locked iPhone of one of the shooters. The agency ...

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 ...