Encrypting files can often be necessary. Whether you're sharing or storing a file, the right app is key. Encrypto makes encrypting files on MacOS so easy. Every so often, I have to encrypt a file on ...

File and folder security is crucial in this day and age. There are apps you can use to heighten the security of your files. These apps are free and available for desktop and mobile devices. The need ...

Backing up data is essential, but encrypting your files prevents unauthorized access. Encryption converts your files into unreadable data, ensuring that even if your backup is compromised, your ...

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 ...

There’s a new, more secure way to encrypt files in Windows 11, but it’s only an option for building secure applications, not a replacement for BitLocker. Image: Ascannio/Adobe Stock Windows 10 already ...

Forty-two minutes and 54 seconds: that's how quickly the median ransomware variant can encrypt and lock out a victim from 100,000 of their files. The data point came from Splunk's SURGe team, which ...

Ransomware started out many years as scams where users were being tricked into paying fictitious fines for allegedly engaging in illegal online behavior or, in more serious cases, were blackmailed ...

This is some code in VB6 that encrpyts a file under Windows XP. However down at the bottom of the code where the message box is, even though the file or folder exists and is encrypted after I click ...

Enterprise cloud services like Microsoft 365 leave enterprises open to ransomware threat actors who want to encrypt files saved in SharePoint Online and OneDrive libraries, researchers warn. The new ...