While some businesses rely on computers more than others, most value the data they store on the machines and may consider at least some of it private or confidential. Even with the best security ...

Windows encryption protects sensitive files and folders by locking them when not in use or when you're away from your computer. Depending on the version of Windows you use, different types of ...

Got backups? In response to the security community's comments on the futile attempt to directly attack the 1024 bit RSA keys using distributed computing, Kaspersky Labs are now reasonably recommending ...

Today a new Locky Ransomware variant was discovered by security researcher Derek Knight and then quickly followed by Stormshield malware analyst coldshell that switches to the .ykcol extension for ...

Crypto ransomware, a relatively unknown phenomenon a couple of years ago, has exploded into one of the nastier malware problems for Internet users. Variants such as CryptoLocker and CryptoWall have ...

David S. writes asks about recovering a FileVault-encrypted drive. He says it was encrypted and then reformatted. Is it possible to recover any data from this drive since it was previously encrypted ...

That sinking feeling when you realize you saved over a version of a file you need or unwittingly lost some vital information in a recent document revision is all too familiar to many. In the past, ...

Today a new Locky Ransomware variant was discovered by Rommel Joven that switches to the .lukitus extension for encrypted files. It is important to note that if you are infected with this ransomware, ...