Victims of the widespread TeslaCrypt ransomware are in luck: Security researchers have created a tool that can decrypt files affected by recent versions of the malicious program. Surprisingly, the ...

Dutch cybersecurity firm Tesorion has released a free decryptor for the Lorenz ransomware, allowing victims to recover some of their files for free without paying a ransom. Lorenz is a human-operated ...

A decryptor for the FunkSec ransomware has been developed and made avaliable to download for free by researchers at antivirus provider Avast. Ladislav Zezul, a malware researcher at Avast’s parent ...

Any of these encryption apps can safeguard a file’s contents, but differ in terms of supported platforms, remote capabilities, and features. Large or small, every company has secrets it needs to keep ...

There are three different ways using which you can change the encryption level for file sharing connections on your Windows 11/10 computer. These are: Advanced sharing settings Using the Settings app ...

Most Linux users know vim as a text editor that descended from vi. It can also function as a tool for encrypting text files. In this post, we examine how this is done and how to reverse the process.

A ransomware variant favored by a pro-Russia hacktivist group is back on the scene with a new version that has a fatal flaw — it keeps artifacts that allow victims to decrypt their files. VolkLocker ...

Researchers have created a decryptor that exploits a flaw in Black Basta ransomware, allowing victims to recover their files for free. The decryptor allows Black Basta victims from November 2022 to ...

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 paging file, also referred to as “Page File” and “Virtual Memory,” is essential for the system to manage memory efficiently. It removes infrequently accessed modified data from physical memory, ...

Researchers from Mimecast have recently observed a campaign where threat actors are using a somewhat rarely seen but easy method to distribute malware using Microsoft Excel's standard file encryption ...