A widespread wave of system failures has struck owners of premium HP commercial laptops, desktops, and high-end workstations. Users who accepted critical firmware updates released by HP in early April ...

The -ForceDismount parameter forces Windows to close open files and immediately lock the drive. Note: Before using the -ForceDismount parameter, save all open files and close any apps using the drive, ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. A security researcher going by the alias Nightmare-Eclipse has uncovered a zero-day exploit they describe as one of the most insane discoveries ever, ...

Microsoft has fixed the Windows 11 BitLocker recovery bug in KB5089549, but Windows 10 and Windows Server admins still need April key-access workarounds. Some Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 ...

Update 5/21: Since this article was released, recommend mitigations for YellowKey and other attacks have been released, as well as a full patch for BlueHammer. Nightmare-Eclipse, a cybersecurity ...

A zero-day exploit circulating online allows people with physical access to a Windows 11 system to bypass default BitLocker protections and gain complete access to an encrypted drive within seconds.

Microsoft has addressed a known issue causing some Windows 11 systems to boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the April 2026 Windows security updates. BitLocker is a Windows security feature ...

Security researchers at Intrinsec have released a proof-of-concept tool called BitUnlocker that reportedly bypasses BitLocker encryption on some Windows 11 systems in under five minutes. The research, ...

I don’t always update the BIOS of my system, but when I do, I always make sure to waste several hours doing so. Last time I did that was in 2020, but this happened again when I updated the BIOS for ...

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Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update is causing some unexpected trouble for a small number of users. The April 2026 update (KB5083769), which started rolling out recently, was designed to bring users ...