Data encryption makes it nearly impossible for someone to access a protected file without the proper decryption key or password. Many apps use encryption to keep your data safe, including password ...

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A discreetly tucked-away folder that contains your résumé, your tax returns, and other important files may be convenient for you, but it’s also a gold mine for online crooks who steal and sell digital ...

Several readers responded to last week's column about how Windows 11 automatically encrypts PC data without telling consumers (see tinyurl.com/yv2w9fy4). Those who ...

The good news about Windows 11 automatic encryption is that at least some readers can avoid the problem. In the last two columns, I've warned that Microsoft had set Windows 11 Home and Pro operating ...

When I talk to large enterprises, they tend to be either deploying or planning to deploy PC encryption tools, especially for laptops. This is no longer a "nice to have;" it has become a "gotta have." ...

Current data encryption techniques may fend off the threat of quantum computing for some time to come, security experts say. In recent years the computational potential of qubits has led many to ...

A prominent US senator has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft for “gross cybersecurity ...

An encryption algorithm designed to protect calls on GSM phones has been broken by three cryptographers using only a dual-core, Intel -based Dell Latitude PC running Linux. In a paper released Tuesday ...

Israeli researchers who have reverse-engineered a critical component of Windows’ encryption technology say attackers could exploit flaws to decipher secured information. Microsoft Corp. has downplayed ...