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AnonCtoday at 3:32 AM2 repliesview on HN

The BitLocker exploit seems simple and very dangerous. Companies and individuals have been relying on BitLocker to protect information if the device is lost. Despite promises, Microsoft doesn’t seem to be serious about security.

What will it take for more companies to truly understand their risks with Windows and being locked into Microsoft’s platforms?


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cookiengineertoday at 5:48 AM

Note that RedSun and Bluehammer were silently patched, with no response to the CVEs by Microsoft, and not accrediting the researcher's work.

That's what this is about. Microsoft doing bad security practices while trying to get away with it, leading to this outcome.

The researcher also claims to have another version ready which allows to also bypass TPM+PIN via a similar backdoor, which I'm inclined to believe.

Why do I believe that? 5 ring 0 zero days within 3 months are so statistically unlikely to be found, by the same person, in such a short time. Whoever this person is really knows their exploits, and must be in the league of Juan Sacco.

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ranger_dangertoday at 3:55 AM

How does a bug equate to "not serious about security"?

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