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Kon-Boot was originally designed as a proof of concept, freeware security tool, mostly for people who tend to forget their passwords. The main idea was to allow users to login to the target computer without knowing the correct password and without making any persistent changes to system on which it is executed.
BitLocker originated as a part of Microsoft's Next-Generation Secure Computing Base architecture in 2004 as a feature tentatively codenamed "Cornerstone" [4] [5] and was designed to protect information on devices, particularly if a device was lost or stolen.
Check Point Full Disk Encryption Check Point Software Technologies Ltd: 1999 [4] [5] [6] Proprietary: Yes CipherShed: CipherShed Project 2014 [7] TrueCrypt License Version 3.0 [8] No CrossCrypt: Steven Scherrer 2004-02-10 [9] GPL: No CryFS Sebastian Messmer 2015 LGPLv3: Yes Cryhod Prim'X Technologies 2010 Proprietary: Yes Cryptainer Cypherix ...
Windows 11 is the first version of Windows since the original retail release of Windows 95 to not ship with Internet Explorer. [94] To comply with the Digital Markets Act, Microsoft is allowing users in the European Economic Area to remove the Microsoft Edge browser, Microsoft Bing search engine, and advertisements to comply with users' interests.
Windows 7 can install an official patch to add TPM 2.0 support. [93] Windows Vista through Windows 10 have native support for TPM 1.2. The Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM 2.0) has been supported by the Linux kernel since version 4.0 (2015) [94] [95] [96] [97]
Portable or "traveller mode" means the encryption software can be run without installation to the system hard drive. In this mode, the software typically installs a temporary driver from the portable media. Since it is installing a driver (albeit temporarily), administrative privileges are still required.
Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps [1] (formerly named Windows Store apps, Metro-style apps and Modern apps) [2] are applications that can be used across all compatible Microsoft Windows devices. They are primarily purchased and downloaded via the Microsoft Store, Microsoft's digital application storefront. [3] UWP was deprecated in October ...
The attacker having physical access to a computer can, for example, install a hardware or a software keylogger, a bus-mastering device capturing memory or install any other malicious hardware or software, allowing the attacker to capture unencrypted data (including encryption keys and passwords) or to decrypt encrypted data using captured ...