A new ransomware called DynA-Crypt was discovered by GData malware analyst Karsten Hahn that not only encrypts your data, but also tries to steal a ton of information from a victim's computer.

Full disk encryption is the most commonly used encryption strategy in practice today for data at rest, but does that mean it’s sufficient to prevent unauthorized access to your data? The short answer: ...

The creator of Cryptocat, Nadim Kobeissi, is back with another easy-to-use encryption tool. This time it’s a Chrome app that aims to make it easy to create and share single encrypted files with others ...

Dell on Wednesday launched Dell Data Protection Encryption software. Targeted to SMBs and enterprise customers, Dell claims it provides flexible, manageable and auditable endpoint encryption while ...

If you've been paying attention during Evil Week you might have noticed how easy it is for people to get at your files and invade your privacy. Fight back; this week we want to hear about your ...

Nokia and Pointsec Mobile Technologies have jointly developed a solution to protect the data in enterprise customers’ mobile devices. The new file encryption system, Pointsec for Symbian OS, enables ...

Last year, in between writing Take Control books and Macworld articles, I managed to squeeze in another little project – writing the 900-page “Mac Security Bible,” published in January 2010 by Wiley.

I'm looking to encrypt a file with OpenSSL functions (blowfish, des, rc4-- haven't picked one yet). Anyhow, after decrypting a file, I need to know if the file was correctly decrypted. The only way it ...