Ever stop to think what would happen if your flash drive went missing? Or your laptop? Password protection might prevent a casual thief from accessing your vital files and documents, but anyone with a ...

A new ransomware called DynA-Crypt was discovered by GData malware analyst Karsten Hahn that not only encrypts your data, but also tries to steal a ton of information from a victim's computer.

TeslaCrypt and Alpha Crypt are file-encrypting ransomware programs that target all version of Windows including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. TeslaCrypt was first released ...

Why Encrypt Your Cloud Files? Encrypting your files in the cloud adds an extra layer of security and privacy, ensuring that even your cloud storage provider cannot access your data. This guide will ...

Full disk encryption is the most commonly used encryption strategy in practice today for data at rest, but does that mean it’s sufficient to prevent unauthorized access to your data? The short answer: ...

Andre De Beer asked if certain files on his hard drive need encryption. Some do and some don’t. If you’re like the vast majority of PC users, you have no need to encrypt everything on your hard drive.

There are many reasons to encrypt files — even on a system that is well maintained and comparatively secure. The files may highly sensitive, contain personal information that you don’t want to share ...

If you keep a lot of valuable information on your Mac, encrypting it will help you keep the data safe. Apple’s built-in FileVault disk encryption on macOS is an effective way to do this. But what ...

Google has begun experimenting with encrypting Google Drive files, a privacy-protective move that could curb attempts by the U.S. and other governments to gain access to users' stored files. Two ...

Encryption is hard. When NSA leaker Edward Snowden wanted to communicate with journalist Glenn Greenwald via encrypted email, Greenwald couldn't figure out the venerable crypto program PGP even after ...

There are three different ways using which you can change the encryption level for file sharing connections on your Windows 11/10 computer. These are: Advanced sharing settings Using the Settings app ...

The paging file, also referred to as “Page File” and “Virtual Memory,” is essential for the system to manage memory efficiently. It removes infrequently accessed modified data from physical memory, ...