Microsoft has terminated VeraCrypt and WireGuard developer accounts, blocking Windows driver updates and risking boot failures for encrypted systems.

The first version of Azure Disk Encryption (ADE) relied on Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) for authentication; the current version does not. We strongly encourage the use of the newest version.

Disk encryption is software/technology that is used to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access or viewing. This is accomplished by employing encryption algorithms so that every bit of data is ...

Enable double encryption at rest for your managed disk data using the Azure portal. Sign in to the Azure portal. Search for and select Disk Encryption Sets. :::image ...

Microsoft continues to expand Azure’s capabilities, and its latest storage update focuses on performance and recovery speed. The company has now introduced instant access support for incremental ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has so far been unable to access data from a Washington Post reporter’s iPhone because it was protected by Apple’s Lockdown Mode when agents seized the device from ...

Both the founders of WhatsApp and current owner Meta state that the app uses end-to-end encryption, meaning that nobody outside the chat can access the content. A lawsuit claims that this isn’t true ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

Microsoft confirmed it can hand over BitLocker recovery keys stored in the cloud under warrant, reviving debate over who controls encrypted data. Image: Simon Ray/Unsplash Microsoft is under scrutiny ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in response to a valid legal order, giving investigators the ability to decrypt hard drives that would otherwise have been ...

Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday. Many modern Windows ...