The developers of a type of malicious software that encrypts a computer’s files and demands a ransom have fixed an error security experts said allowed files to be ...

A new ransomware group called Memento takes the unusual approach of locking files inside password-protected archives after their encryption method kept being detected by security software. Last month, ...

Maybe there was a time when you wanted to lock away certain pages in a PDF, but you didn’t have the tools to get it done. Well, those days are over due to the release of an interesting software known ...

The maker of the popular open-source file encryption software VeraCrypt said Microsoft locked his online account, which may ...

If you use your laptop as a glorified game console or TV, you typically don't spend a lot of time thinking about security. It's only when that device becomes a workstation that you realize the usual ...

On average, it takes businesses 287 days to find and contain a data breach, giving attackers over nine months to access and steal any records they want from the database. However, encrypting those ...

Encryption options like PGP are great, but the labyrinth of keys and passwords that look like a master’s thesis written in gibberish can be overwhelming. For simple exchanges, there’s now an easier ...

The rise of cloud storage has made traditional USB drives all but obsolete, but could there still be a reason to keep an ...

Notepad text files are very handy and useful for noting things down. But have you ever thought about the security of the notepad files? Security is a must, and a Notepad text file offers no security ...