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How to Create a Hidden Encrypted Volume With True Crypt

A judge recently ordered a US citizen to decrypt storage space on a computer so that police forces could analyze protected files on the system. In this particular case, the defendant was […]

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Disguising True Crypt Volumes In MP4 Videos

I have reviewed TCHunt yesterday, a free program to scan a computer system for unmounted True Crypt containers. The program can be used to prove the existence of an encrypted container on […]

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How To Backup True Crypt Data To Be Prepared For Emergencies

I have been using the encryption software True Crypt for years and ran only once into a situation where I nearly lost all the data on one of the partitions. Back then […]

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TruPax, Create TrueCrypt Containers Without True Crypt

It is not that complicated to create a TrueCrypt container, but it does take some time. You need the TrueCrypt software obviously to do that, and someone with admin rights to install […]

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Essential True Crypt Tips

I have been working with True-Crypt for several years now, and like the open source program a lot. That much, that I'm still using it and not Microsoft's Bitlocker which is an […]

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Increase Size Of True Crypt Container Instantly

Users of the encryption software True Crypt have the option to encrypt a full partition of a hard drive, or a container with a specific file size, say 20 Gigabytes. Problems arise […]

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True Crypt 7.0, Adds Hardware Acceleration, Auto-Mounting

A new version of the encryption software TrueCrypt 7.0 has been released yesterday, as usual for Windows, Mac and Linux systems. The jump from version 6.3a to 7.0 is more than justified […]

Incorrect Password Or Not A True Crypt Volume [Troubleshooting]

One of my True Crypt partitions failed to mount after a recent system crash. I entered the right password and received the message "Incorrect password or not a True Crypt volume". I […]

Bitlocker Versus True Crypt Performance

Alexander over at 4Sysops ran a benchmark comparison test of the encryption software programs Bitlocker and True Crypt on netbooks. Bitlocker is the encryption software that ships with Windows 7 Ultimate and […]

Encrypting USB Devices Data With True Crypt

If you do not want to end like British government officials who lose USB devices with unencrypted data in front of pubs you might want to consider encrypting the data so that […]

True Crypt 6.1 Released

One of the very first articles that was published here at Ghacks was an article about securing a computer with True Crypt. The True Crypt developers have made several interesting changes both […]

True Crypt 6 released

True Crypt is my encryption software of choice and I was very pleased with version 5 which added the option to encrypt the complete operating system and increased the performance of the […]

Increase True Crypt AES performance

I used the new version of True Crypt to encrypt my new external hard drive which has become almost a standard procedure for me to do. Whenever I buy a new hard drive I encrypt it completely with True Crypt. I discovered by chance a way to increase the performance of the AES algorithm in True Crypt.

Encrypting an USB Drive with True Crypt

My last True Crypt guide dates way back and the purchase of my new shiny 500 Megabyte Maxtor USB drive made me think about writing a new guide that takes the changes of the software into account. My old Teac USB drive started to behave weirdly every now and then which I saw as a first sign of reaching the end of its life cycle and since I did not want to take any chances I decided to buy a new drive, encrypt it with True Crypt and transfer all the files from the old device to it.

True Crypt 5 adds System Partition Encryption

True Crypt 5 has been released yesterday and I'm very pleased with the new features that the developers have added to this awesome encryption tool. I have been using True Crypt for several years already to encrypt my external hard drives to ensure that no one without the proper password (or backdoor, hehe) would be able to access the data on those hard drives.

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Create a secure data safe with True Crypt

This article is going to show everyone, even the inexperienced, how to create a data safe that can store as much personal information and files as you want using the open source program True Crypt. True Crypt makes it very easy to encrypt almost every piece of hardware including partitions, hard drives, usb keys and other storage devices. Once everything is setup you would mount the True Crypt container using the password that you have selected while creating the encrypted container. This is actually the only password that you have to remember, everything else can be kept in the encrypted container for safety reasons.

True Crypt 4.2 released

You might know that I´am using True Crypt for some months now to encrypt and decrypt my entire removable hard disk that has 300 Gb capacity. All happens in realtime and I can´t see and witness any slowdowns so far. I´am able to download content to the drive with 14.2 Mbps and its working like every other hard disk. Yesterday a new True Crypt version was released and it has some amazing new features, let us take a look at some of them:

Securing your PC with True Crypt

Only a few days ago I wrote a first small article about true crypt and recommended it. Back then I bought a usb 2.0 hard drive with 300 GB capacity and encrypted its entire partition with true crypt. This was done to test the programs functionality but also to see if it would slow down my main computer (athlon 64 3000+, 1 gb ram).

To my great suprise it did not slow down the pc and I decided to expand the encryption to cover all my hard drives. Let me tell you why and how i did this and why you should also be considering this.

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VeraCrypt 1.18 fixes one TrueCrypt vulnerability

VeraCrypt 1.18 was released yesterday by the development team for all supported operating systems. The new version of the encryption program fixes one vulnerability affecting the application and TrueCrypt, the encryption software […]

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TrueCrypt alternative CipherShed is not dead

CipherShed was one of a handful of TrueCrypt encryption software alternatives that emerged shortly after the developers of TrueCrypt dropped the software and development like a hot stone. We reviewed the initial […]

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VeraCrypt 1.15 fixes two recently reported TrueCrypt vulnerabilities

Yesterday's update of the encryption software VeraCrypt fixed two vulnerabilities that security researcher James Forshaw discovered in TrueCrypt's source code. TrueCrypt, which has been abandoned by its developers, is still widely used. […]

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TrueCrypt alternative VeraCrypt 1.12 ships with interesting PIM feature

VeraCrypt is one of the few programs that came into existence after development of True Crypt was abandoned. Even though True Crypt's security audit did not uncover any backdoors in the program […]

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VeraCrypt 1.0f-2 update fixes TrueCrypt audit vulnerability

VeraCrypt is a TrueCrypt fork that came to life after the original TrueCrypt project was abandoned by its developers. It is not the only fork of TrueCrypt -- Ciphershed is another -- […]

TrueCrypt Audit Phase II completed: 4 vulnerabilities identified

The recent history of the TrueCrypt encryption software is a strange one. First, there was a crowdfunding campaign to get the software audited for security issues in 2013 after Edward Snowden leaked […]

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VeraCrypt update brings TrueCrypt volume support

VeraCrypt is one of the encryption programs that came to popularity after the end of the popular encryption software TrueCrypt. It features the traditional TrueCrypt interface and functionality, and is based on […]

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A second look at VeraCrypt, an unofficial TrueCrypt successor

When the TrueCrypt developers announced that they would quit developing the encryption software because of it not being secure, many users of the software did not know what to make of the […]

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Use TestCrypt to recover corrupt TrueCrypt partitions

One of the worst things that can happen when it comes to encryption is data corruption. The problem here is that corruption may prevent you from accessing the data at all. When […]

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TrueCrypt may live on after all as CipherShed

The developers of TrueCrypt made the decision to retire the encryption software a couple of months ago. The reason given by them was that TrueCrypt was no longer secure and that users […]

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Could VeraCrypt become the next TrueCrypt?

VeraCrypt is an encryption software that is a fork of TrueCrypt. What is meant by that is that it is based on TrueCrypt source without being a mere clone of the program. […]

List of TrueCrypt encryption alternatives

If you open the TrueCrypt website right now you are redirected to a page right now stating that TrueCrypt is not secure and recommending that you switch to Microsoft's BitLocker. It is […]

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Manage TrueCrypt containers on your Android device

I used the encryption software TrueCrypt for several years on all of my Windows PCs to protect data on the devices. I usually encrypt all partitions using the application so that the […]

No backdoors found in first part of TrueCrypt Audit

The revelations of Edward Snowden's leaks confirmed that security agencies spend time and money trying to undermine cryptographic software. Potential backdoors in cryptographic software or protocols would be disastrous, and that is […]

Forensic tool to decrypt TrueCrypt, Bitlocker and PGP containers and disks released

One of the things that you can do to protect your data is to use encryption. You can either encrypt individual files, create a container to move files in to or encrypt […]

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Disk Encryption Software TrueCrypt 7.1a Released

I have been using the open source encryption software TrueCrypt for a long time to keep my data secure on connected hard drives. The program has evolved over the years, and can […]

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TrueCrypt 7.1 Encryption Software Released

I have been using the encryption software TrueCrypt for a long, long time. Cannot really remember when I first started using it but it must have been around the time when Windows […]

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Storing Data In The Cloud With Dropbox And TrueCrypt

In Why You Need To Protect Your Data In The Cloud I have explained why it is important to protect data that you upload to the cloud. In this guide, I will […]

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TCHunt, Search For TrueCrypt Volumes

TCHunt is a small portable application that can be used to find encrypted True Crypt volumes on the system. It has been specifically designed to demonstrate the possibility of finding True Crypt […]

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Resize TrueCrypt Volumes With Extcv

I have reviewed the open source tool Extcv back in July and came to the conclusion that it offered TrueCrypt users an elegant and unobtrusive option to resize the TrueCrypt volume on […]

Disk Encryption Software TrueCrypt 6.3 Released

TrueCrypt is one of the most popular Open Source disk encryption software programs for the Windows operating system. It can be used to encrypt entire hard disks, partitions and to create encrypted […]

VeraCrypt 1.26.7 update brings major changes: read this before updating

It took the developers of the open source encryption software VeraCrypt more than 18 months to release VeraCrypt 1.26.7. It is a big release that addresses several issues and makes other important […]