Mobile devices sometimes get lost. A laptop bag gets left on the bus or train, a smartphone slips out of your pocket, or a ...

Encrypting your computer’s storage drive is an easy way to safeguard your data. Here’s how to do it on your Windows or Mac computer.

How to encrypt a Windows PC with device encryption or BitLocker Make sure you’re signed into the computer’s admin account Open the start menu, then click the Settings icon.

No amount of antivirus software, encryption, and other computer protection can protect your priceless files from being lost in a fire or stolen, for example.

Ransomware is a kind of malware that can lock you out of all of the files on your computer unless you agree to pay a ransom fee.

How you go about this will depend on the software you're using to create the file in the first place. Some applications have password protection features built in, while in other cases you'll need ...

A new and targeted ransomware named AgeLocker utilizes the 'Age' encryption tool created by a Google employee to encrypt victim's files.

The Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware has added a new feature that makes it easier to encrypt all files, even those that are opened and locked by another process.

Most Linux users know vim as a text editor that descended from vi. It can also function as a tool for encrypting text files. In this post, we examine how this is done and how to reverse the process.