Encrypted data, including files and documents that contain child pornography, bank account information or credit card numbers, may be accessible to a new breed of enterprising identity thieves and ...

A newly developed encryption framework aims to protect video data from future quantum attacks, all while running on today's ...

Locking down individual files is great, but a blanket encryption will prevent anyone from getting their paws on your files.

Signing and encryption have almost become a day to day task of some users. While encryption makes your file unreadable to unauthorized users, signing helps you in claiming and verifying the integrity ...

Last year, in between writing Take Control books and Macworld articles, I managed to squeeze in another little project – writing the 900-page “Mac Security Bible,” published in January 2010 by Wiley.

OneDrive is natively integrated into Windows, and it only makes sense the data is encrypted and secure. While Encryption makes sure the files are not accessible if the device is lost, Security offers ...

Now more than ever, it is important to protect your digital assets -- especially if you have a laptop. Whether your goal is to guard your financial data or keep nosy family members from viewing your ...

Internet-connected gadgets like light bulbs and fitness trackers are notorious for poor security. That's partly because they’re often made cheaply and with haste, which leads to careless mistakes and ...

Victims of Simplocker, the first file-encrypting ransomware threat for Android devices, can recover files without paying cybercriminals because the malicious program uses a hardcoded encryption key.

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 ...

Let’s be honest for a moment: when it comes to cyber security habits, companies aren’t typically interested in investing the proper time, resources and infrastructure changes necessary to properly ...

The news this past weekend was all Mega, Mega, Mega. We’ve covered the launch of the new “cyber locker” service (and I swear that’s the last time I’ll ever use the prefix “cyber”) and we’ve talked ...