2.5 Admins 301: F(OSS) Consulting

It looks like Bitlocker had a back door in it, how a listener accidentally broke Gitea for users of the snap version, Google accidentally published an unpatched exploit for Chromium-based browsers, why people are starting to ditch Bitwarden, and moving a tech stack away from large corporations.

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How Klara and TrueNAS fixed ZFS’s longest standing limitation (klarasystems.com/articles/how-klara-and-truena…)

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News/discussion

YellowKey Bitlocker Bypass Vulnerability (github.com/Nightmare-Eclipse/YellowKey)

Microsoft shares mitigation for YellowKey Windows zero-day (bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-…)

How I Broke Gitea for Everyone (gld.mcphail.uk/posts/how-i-broke-gitea-for-eve…)

Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users (arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/google-publis…)

The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden (blog.ppb1701.com/the-quiet-renovation-at-bitwa…)

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