How long does it take to steal your Bitlocker keys? Try 43 seconds, using less than $10 in hardware. Encrypting your hard drive is good security. If you’re running Windows, the most popular s… ...

In Windows 11/10 and TPM 2.0 now, the BitLocker PIN length was increased to 6 characters. Also, the TPM 2.0 lockout period is greater than the default when a PIN is changed.

Unless you choose to disable the PIN-code of bitlocker/tpm which makes it useless. This is exactly why Microsoft requires a TPM-chip, to do PIN-verification. Report comment. Reply.

To Specify Minimum Length for BitLocker Startup PIN Select the radio button for Enabled , enter a number between 4 to 20 in Minimum characters field for what you want, click OK .

First off, I'm running Windows 8.1 and I don't have a TPM. I know all about going under the local Group Policy and disabling the TPM requirement. That's fine, I understand that aspect of it. Where ...

There are three ways to pass the Bitlocker Recovery screen. The first is to enter a recovery password. This password, anywhere between 8 to 256 characters long, must be set in advance, so you'll ...

His method is different from past BitLocker attacks because it requires hard-wiring into a computer's TPM chip and sniffing communications via the Low Pin Count (LPC) bus.

So here's an odd one. Our bitlocker setup puts all the critical information in Active Directory tied to the computer object. So I start bitlockering this machine and then I realize I have typed ...

Microsoft has said previously that BitLocker is only a feature that’s built into the Pro versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. If you’ve signed into a Windows 11 Pro PC with your Microsoft ...

Another Windows update, another glitch. Rolling out this past Patch Tuesday, Microsoft's July update has created a hiccup for some Windows users who secure their PCs through BitLocker. Affecting ...