A critical vulnerability has struck at the heart of Windows security, putting BitLocker’s much-touted full-disk encryption under the microscope. Dubbed CVE-2025-48818, this flaw exposes millions of devices to the risk of unauthorized data access—not through high-tech remote exploits, but via a...
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A newly disclosed flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-48818, has drawn urgent attention to the integrity of Microsoft’s BitLocker drive encryption, threatening to upend long-standing assumptions about physical security and data privacy on Windows devices. BitLocker, a staple security feature for millions...