Just because you have antivirus software installed on your PC doesn't mean a zero-day Trojan can't steal your personal data. The top encryption software keeps you safe from malware (and the NSA). When ...

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When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

A new ransomware called Apocalypse was released that encrypts your data and then appends the .encrypted extension to them. It then requires you to email decryptionservice@mail.ru in order to get ...

A new software tool, Elcomsoft Forensic Disk Decryptor, promises to decrypt encryption containers created using BitLocker, PGP and TrueCrypt. The software from ElcomSoft -- a Russian provider of ...

Fabian Wosar of Emisoft has released a free decryptor for the Nemucod .CRYPTED or Decrypt.txt ransomware. A decryptor was previously released by one of our users, macomaco, but required Python in ...

Quantum computers can't break encryption yet, but attackers can steal data now and decrypt it later. Experts explain why ...