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.

Microsoft Windows features the native ability to encrypt files and folders on your hard drives and removable media using its Encrypting File System.

Encrypting folders prevents unauthorized access to its containing files and secures them behind a password. VeraCrypt is a free, open-source tool that can create encrypted folders on Linux in a ...

Seriously, WTF? I rebooted. Logged in, and there's some notification asking me to backup the key because it is encrypting my file system. I didn't ask it to do that, and I wasn't even logged in as ...

Jeff Hudgins removed the hard drive from a dying computer, and via USB plugged it into a new PC. But he can't access his files. They're encrypted.

Learn how to enable or disable Automatic Encryption of files moved to Encrypted folders using Registry or Group Policy on Windows 11/10.

The latest news about Encrypting File SystemWindows PetitPotam attacks can be blocked using new method Security researchers have devised a way to block the recently disclosed PetitPotam attack ...