Bypassing Bitlocker: A Hardware Attack on Windows Disk Encryption
This video demonstrates a hardware attack to bypass TPM-based Bitlocker encryption commonly found on Microsoft Windows devices. Note: The PIN can also be exploited.

stacksmashing
1.3M views • Feb 3, 2024

About this video
In this video we will use a hardware attack to bypass TPM-based Bitlocker encryption as used on most Microsoft Windows devices.
Errata:
- PIN can also be enabled using manage-bde, not just using group policies
Questions:
- Does this work on TPM2.0? Yes, at least on some: https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/articles/TPM-sniffing
Links:
- https://hextree.io/
- Pascal Gujer: https://twitter.com/pascal_gujer / https://hands-on-security.com
- Enabling Bitlocker PIN: https://www.howtogeek.com/262720/how-to-enable-a-pre-boot-bitlocker-pin-on-windows/
- Hardware & source-code: https://github.com/stacksmashing/pico-tpmsniffer
- LPC Clockless Analyzer for Saleae: https://github.com/stacksmashing/LPCClocklessAnalyzer
Me:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ghidraninja
- Patreon: https://patreon.com/stacksmashing
Posts about sniffing bitlocker:
- https://labs.withsecure.com/publications/sniff-there-leaks-my-bitlocker-key
- https://www.secura.com/blog/tpm-sniffing-attacks-against-non-bitlocker-targets
- https://blog.scrt.ch/2021/11/15/tpm-sniffing/
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/articles/TPM-sniffing
Errata:
- PIN can also be enabled using manage-bde, not just using group policies
Questions:
- Does this work on TPM2.0? Yes, at least on some: https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/articles/TPM-sniffing
Links:
- https://hextree.io/
- Pascal Gujer: https://twitter.com/pascal_gujer / https://hands-on-security.com
- Enabling Bitlocker PIN: https://www.howtogeek.com/262720/how-to-enable-a-pre-boot-bitlocker-pin-on-windows/
- Hardware & source-code: https://github.com/stacksmashing/pico-tpmsniffer
- LPC Clockless Analyzer for Saleae: https://github.com/stacksmashing/LPCClocklessAnalyzer
Me:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ghidraninja
- Patreon: https://patreon.com/stacksmashing
Posts about sniffing bitlocker:
- https://labs.withsecure.com/publications/sniff-there-leaks-my-bitlocker-key
- https://www.secura.com/blog/tpm-sniffing-attacks-against-non-bitlocker-targets
- https://blog.scrt.ch/2021/11/15/tpm-sniffing/
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/articles/TPM-sniffing
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Feb 3, 2024
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