Encryption is a key component of everyday life for most people, whether messaging on WhatsApp, shopping online, reading articles over a secure HTTPS connection, or protecting their passwords when ...

The world’s six largest computer drive makers Tuesday published the final specifications (download PDF) for a single, full-disk encryption standard that can be used across all hard disk drives, solid ...

BitLocker and Device Encryption are critical tools for protecting a PC’s data from thieves. Here’s everything you need to know about the encryption technologies built into Windows 10 and 11. Data ...

Encryption can protect your data from crooks, but if you don't have a recovery key stored securely, it can also keep you out – permanently.

Protect domain-joined computer passwords with Windows’ Local Administrator Password Solution Your email has been sent Windows finally includes a tool to manage ...

Here's a security update to haunt your dreams, and to make the FBI's quest for un-exploitable cryptographic backdoors look all the more absurd: a team of Israeli researchers has now shown that the ...

Think your password is enough to keep your data safe? It's not. Even if you use the strongest password, it doesn't encrypt your data. To truly secure your personal information, you need both a strong ...

The U.S. National Security Agency is attempting to build a new breed of supercomputer that theoretically could make short work of cracking most keys used for encrypted communications. The project to ...

Chinese boffins have used a D-Wave quantum computer to mount a successful quantum attack on widely used encryption algorithms. The advance, led by Wang Chao of Shanghai University, poses a “real and ...