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Bitdefender has released a decryptor for the 'ShrinkLocker' ransomware strain, which uses Windows' built-in BitLocker drive encryption tool to lock victim's files. [...]
Romanian cybersecurity company Bitdefender has released a free decryptor to help victims recover data encrypted using the ShrinkLocker ransomware. The decryptor is the result of a comprehensive...
Microsoft has disabled a fix for a BitLocker security feature bypass vulnerability due to firmware incompatibility issues that were causing patched Windows devices to go into BitLocker recovery mode. [...]
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing some Windows devices to boot into BitLocker recovery after installing last month's Windows security updates. [...]
Not now, Microsoft Some Windows devices are presenting users with a BitLocker recovery screen upon reboot following the installation of July's Patch Tuesday update.…
Microsoft warned that some Windows devices will boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the July 2024 Windows security updates. [...]
It exploits the Microsoft BitLocker encryption feature to encrypt the entire local drive and remove the recovery options before shutting down the PC. ShrinkLocker was discovered by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, and analysts have observed variants in Mexico, Indonesia and Jordan. BitLocker has been used to stage ransomware attacks in the past, but this strain has "Previously unreported features to maximise the damage of the attack," Kaspersky said in a press release.
A new ransomware strain called ShrinkLocker creates a new boot partition to encrypt corporate systems using Windows BitLocker. Ransomware using BitLocker to encrypt computers is not new.
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Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing incorrect BitLocker drive encryption errors in some managed Windows environments. "Affected environments are those with the 'Enforce drive encryption type on operating system drives' or 'Enforce drive encryption on fixed drives' policies set to enabled and selecting either 'full encryption' or 'used space only'."