Password-protected ZIP archives are common means of compressing and sharing sets of files—from sensitive documents to malware samples to even malicious files (i.e. phishing "invoices" in emails). But, ...

The rise of cloud storage has made traditional USB drives all but obsolete, but could there still be a reason to keep an ...

A new 'White Phoenix' ransomware decryptor allows victims to partially recover files encrypted by ransomware strains that use intermittent encryption. Intermittent encryption is a strategy employed by ...

When choosing a cloud storage service, you shouldn’t just look for generous storage space. For many users, security is just as important, and that’s where encrypted cloud storage comes in. Encryption ...

Porcupins asked the Antivirus & Security Software forum if encryption standards like AES really make your data secure. There’s no such thing as perfect security. Someone with sufficient time and money ...

What if every email you sent, every message you typed, and every file you stored online could be intercepted, read, or stolen? It’s not just a hypothetical, it’s a reality for millions of people who ...

If you are searching for a safe encrypted file transfer system to provide a secure and discreet way to conceal personal data you may be interested in EnCloak HIDE created by a development team based ...

Is it possible to end the investigations and prosecutions that the RIAA, the music download police and similar entities use to prosecute users of file-sharing networks? The answer depends, say online ...

Good news for ransomware victims: Researchers have released a free tool on GitHub that they say can help victims of intermittent encryption attacks recover data from some types of partially encrypted ...

In a time of utter chaos around the world, hackers are constantly trying to create more by trying to access your data. While nothing is 100% secure, keeping your sensitive data in encrypted files is a ...

IntroductionIn February 2022, BlackBasta emerged as a successor to Conti ransomware and quickly rose to prominence. BlackBasta was operational for three years until February 2025 when their internal ...

I built a new Windows PC to replace an aging one, both are running Windows 11. A number of files on my old archive disk did not get decrypted during the move from the old to the new machine. The name ...