Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can protect them using encryption.

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.

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

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 ...

Click "Backup now." 10. Insert a USB flash drive to your computer, and follow the on-screen instructions to create your encryption certificate and export to the USB drive.

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.

On Windows 11, if you have to share a file with confidential information, you can use these tips to ensure the contents are better protected during and after the transmission.

Researchers examined how quickly ransomware encrypts files - in some cases, it just takes a matter of minutes.