German academics have developed a new attack that can extract and steal data from encrypted PDF files, sometimes without user interaction. Named PDFex, the new attack comes in two variations and ...

Close the Certificate Manager. Right-click the encrypted text file containing the message you'd like to read. Select "Open with" and click "TextPad" to open it in TextPad.

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

Have a private document on your desktop OS? Here's how to keep it secure on Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

Proton Drive brings end-to-end encrypted file storage to iOS and Android and aligns with Proton's mission to ensure that privacy tools are easy to use and freely available." ...

After our Windows encryption showdown, reader Jerod passed along this tip to make sure your encrypted volumes, especially external hard drives, in Windows play nicely with other platforms like OS ...

Nothing is truly NSA-proof or hacker-proof, but WireOver wants to offer you more security than Dropbox, Google Drive, or Skydrive. The Y Combinator startup just emerged from stealth with a desktop ...

Read “ How to Use TrueCrypt to Encrypt Your Sensitive Documents ” for a step-by-step explanation of how to set up a basic virtual encrypted disk that will make your important files unreadable ...