A new security audit has found critical vulnerabilities in VeraCrypt, an open-source full-disk encryption program that's the direct successor to the widely popular, but now defunct, TrueCrypt.

An open-source program for encrypted communications has a serious flaw that could let Internet attackers slip into servers running the software, its creators and a security firm say.

If you bank online or sign into work remotely using a virtual private network, your data may not be safe. A flaw in the encryption program OpenSSL could expose much of the encrypted traffic.

TrueCrypt’s a free, open-source encryption program available for Windows, OS X and Linux that can be used to encrypt individual folders and whole disk drives alike.

Researchers found that an encryption algorithm likely used by law enforcement and special forces can have weaknesses that ...

A new security audit has found critical vulnerabilities in VeraCrypt, an open-source full disk encryption program that's the direct successor of the widely popular, but now defunct, TrueCrypt.

The computer encryption program follows the award of a $3.7 million contract August 11 to SMS, Incorporated, a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business located in Syracuse, New York.