Microsoft's BitLocker is a security feature built into Windows that encrypts the entire hard drive. The idea is to protect your personal files from prying eyes in case your PC is ever lost or stolen.

A key-handling defect in the ransomware can permanently lock files by discarding private encryption keys, leaving affected ...

Modern ransomware has shifted from encryption to psychological extortion that exploits fear, liability, and exposure. Flare ...

Microsoft confirms it handed BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in a Guam case, raising fresh concerns about encryption and ...

Forbes reports that Microsoft complied with an FBI request for decryption keys to a suspect's personal laptops last year.

Unlike traditional attacks that rely on exploits, this succeeds through social engineering combined with abuse of Windows' own security architecture.

What it discovered were stolen datasets belonging to 12 unnamed and unconnected firms hit in separate INC ransomware attacks.

ThioJoe explains how System Restore works and its limits in recovering data. Terror charge filed in Jan. 6 case How fake admiral was caught out by massive sword and ...

Abstract: Data loss due to accidental or malicious deletion of files poses significant challenges in digital data management and forensics. The ability to efficiently and reliably recover deleted ...