Software Update: VeraCrypt 1.24-Hotfix1

An update for version 1.24 of VeraCrypt has been released. VeraCrypt, a fork of TrueCrypt, is an open source encryption program that can encrypt entire hard drives or partitions and virtual volumes. VeraCrypt uses the original TrueCrypt source code, but includes several security enhancements. Volumes created with TrueCrypt can simply be opened and converted. The changelog for this release can be found below.

Windows:

• Fix 1.24 regression that caused system favorites not to mount at boot if VeraCrypt freshly installed.
• Fix failure to encrypt system if the current Windows username contains a Unicode non-ASCII character.
• Make VeraCrypt Expander able to resume expansion of volumes whose previous expansion was aborted before it finishes.
• Add “Quick Expand” option to VeraCrypt Expander to accelerate the expansion of large file containers.
• Add several robustness checks and validation in case of system encryption to better handle some corner cases.
• Minor UI and documentation changes.

Linux:

• Workaround gcc 4.4.7 bug under CentOS 6 that caused VeraCrypt built under CentOS 6 to crash when Whirlpool hash is used.
• Fix “incorrect password attempt” written to /var/log/auth.log when mounting volumes.
• Fix dropping file in UI not showing its correct path, specifically under GTK-3.
• Add missing JitterEntropy implementation /

macOS X:

• Fix some devices and partitions not showing in the device selection dialog under OSX 10.13 and newer.
• Fix keyboard tab navigation between password fields in “Volume Password” page of volume creation wizard.
• Add missing JitterEntropy implementation /
• Support APFS filesystem for creation volumes.
• Support Dark Mode.