Microsoft dismissed recently-disclosed threats to its BitLocker-encryption technology as relatively low risk, noting that attackers must not only have physical access to a targeted PC, but must.manipulate the machine two separate times. Despite being a mostly run-of-the-mill ransomware strain, Babuk Locker s encryption mechanisms and abuse of Windows Restart Manager sets it apart. Read the full article in this edition of this year’s edition of Threatpost.
Source: https://threatpost.com/ms-says-bitlocker-threat-pretty-low-120809/73227/