Businesses have proprietary information such as customer lists that need protection. The easiest way to protect only a few critical files is to encrypt and decrypt them manually. Unix system come with ...

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 ...

In short, ransomware uses an assortment of techniques to block access to the victim’s system or files, usually requiring payment of a ransom to regain access. Recently we have seen significantly ...

The cloud-storage service Mega's automatic file-encryption process does a great job of protecting Mega's business model, but isn't so good at protecting users' files. Subscribe to read this story ...

Putting sensitive data in email messages or cloud storage should give you the heebie-jeebies, but a good dose of cryptography can give you peace of mind. Pretty Good ...

Cryptography is an obscure discipline. Unless you're in big tech, a university or a research organization, you're unlikely to meet its practitioners. Even then, you might have to search to find them.

Kim Dotcom, like every smart founder of a startup in a crisis, is pivoting. Since his Mega empire of filesharing websites and financial assets were seized in an indictment over massive alleged ...

In the decade since larger-than-life character Kim Dotcom founded Mega, the cloud storage service has amassed 250 million registered users and stores a whopping 120 billion files that take up more ...

Encryption is hard. When NSA leaker Edward Snowden wanted to communicate with journalist Glenn Greenwald via encrypted email, Greenwald couldn't figure out the venerable crypto program PGP even after ...