The founders of the cloud encryption service BoxCryptor announced this week that Dropbox has acquired the company's intellectual product. According to the announcement on the official Boxcryptor blog, Dropbox acquired IP technology […]
VeraCrypt is a popular open source encryption software that is based on the abandoned TrueCrypt application. VeraCrypt 1.25.9 was released on February 19, 2022 to the public. The new version of the […]
A fork of the disk encryption program DiskCryptor for the Windows operating system is now available as a first beta version. The fork introduces support for UEFI/GPT and Microsoft's Windows 10 operating […]
Acronis True Image 2020 is the latest installment in Acronis' long-standing backup product series. It is a commercial backup program, a trial version is provided on the Acronis website that interested users […]
Cloudflare's Browsing Experience Security Check online tool tests the capabilities of the web browser in regards to certain privacy and security related features. For a subset of Internet users, privacy is of […]
The developers of VeraCrypt introduced Personal Iterations Multiplier (PIM) functionality in the encryption program in version 1.12. PIM stands for "Personal Iterations Multiplier". It is a parameter that was introduced in VeraCrypt […]
VeraCrypt is an encryption software that is a fork of the discontinued TrueCrypt encryption software. It can best be described as a continuation of TrueCrypt that supports all features that TrueCrypt supported […]
DiskCryptor has been my go-to program on Windows when it comes to encrypting entire hard drives and the system partition since 2012. Development stopped, however, several years ago. While the program works […]
VeraCrypt 1.22 is a new version of the popular cross-platform encryption software that parent company Idrassi established as the primary unofficial successor of the encryption software TrueCrypt. TrueCrypt development ended under mysterious […]
Acronis True Image 2018 is the newest version of the company's personal backup software for devices running Windows and Mac operating systems. The commercial backup software comes with a range of new […]
VeraCrypt 1.20 featuring 64-bit optimization, support for Secure Desktop for password entry on Windows, and more, was released on June 29, 2017. The encryption software was one of the programs that came […]
For those of you unfamiliar with it, Veracrypt is a successor to the encryption software Truecrypt. Truecrypt was suddenly abandonded by the creators, and others decided to take up the responsibility by […]
VeraCrypt 1.19 is the newest version of the popular open source data encryption program that many users switched to after TrueCrypt was discontinued back in 2014. The application is based on TrueCrypt […]
VeraCrypt 1.17 has been released on February 13, 2016. The new version fixes several security-related issues, improves compatibility, and even includes optimizations. VeraCrypt is without doubt the TrueCrypt-based encryption program that appears […]
The cross-platform Open Source encryption software TruPax was designed to create TrueCrypt containers that match the size of all files added to them. As you may know, TrueCrypt does not ship with […]
If you check Firefox's installed plugins right now, you may stumble upon one called Primetime Content Decryption Module provided by Adobe Systems, Incorporated if you are using a pre-release version of the […]
Have you ever asked yourself how cryptographic algorithms work? What algorithms such as AES or Twofish do, or how cryptography was handled in the past? How Julius Caesar used encryption to protect […]
While it is often best to keep files on the local computer only and avoid cloud storage, especially for important files, it is sometimes not possible to do so. Maybe you need […]
With all the TrueCrypt drama, I made the decision to switch my secondary hard drive to the disk encryption software DiskCryptor. It is not clear if TrueCrypt development will continue after the […]
Hard drives do not last forever. While you may be able to run some five or more years without any issues, largely depending on use in that time but also manufacturing related […]
In the movies you sometimes see plots were something can only be accessed by multiple actors. Say, the launch codes of nuclear bombs that need to be activated with two keys, or […]
What is the worst thing that would happen if someone steals your PC? I'm not talking about the financial loss here but about the data that you have on your computer system. […]
Encryption is a great start to protect important data against prying eyes. Computer users have an arsenal of tools at their disposal to do just that, from built-in solutions like BitLocker to […]
Encryption is one of the most effective ways of protecting data against third party access. One popular option for home users and businesses alike is to encrypt part of or all of […]
Remember Boxcryptor? The program, available for various operating systems including Windows and Android can encrypt files that you synchronize with online storage solutions like Dropbox, Google Drive, Box and other cloud storage […]
The security of data on Solid State Drives (SSDs) is not only important for government agencies and enterprises, but also for end users. Even if you do not plan on selling or […]
For those using Windows 8 there is built-in file encryption, called Bit-Locker, available, but only if you are using the Pro or Enterprise version of the operating system. Â However, every version of […]
I have been using TrueCrypt ever since I discovered the encryption software years ago to protect data from being accessed by third parties. It is a great open source software that has […]
This might come as a surprise to you, or perhaps even alarm you, but on the city of London’s public transport system alone, around 200 laptops are handed into lost-property offices every […]
With cloud hosting taking over much of what we are hosting locally right now in the next ten years or so, it becomes important to protect your remotely saved data from unauthorized […]
Social networking sites may use the contents that you post on their sites in a variety of ways. They may sell them to advertisers, use them to personalize advertising on their sites, […]
Sometimes you may want to protect some files or maybe even just one document from third party access. While you could use an encryption software like TrueCrypt to create a container to […]
Our data is becoming more and more important to us as we're keeping ever more of our lives on our PCs, tablets, smartphones and in the cloud. Currently there are precious few […]
The Encrypting File System (EFS) has been part of all professional versions of Windows since Windows 2000. The feature provides file level encryption for data stored on NTFS systems, and is directly […]
The best way to protect data on one of your storage devices is to encrypt it. There are several free solutions out there, for instance by using the Open Source encryption software […]
Modern Solid State Drives are faster than their platter-driven brethren. They do have additional advantages like being completely silent when operating and better shock proof. The disadvantages are the high price per […]
BoxCryptor is a encryption software that encrypts cloud storage files and folders to protect them from unauthorized third-party access. Update: Boxcryptor is still available as a free service that users may use […]
Update: It is no longer necessary to add encrypted search to the browser as Google defaults to it now. Jojo just asked in the thread about Google's new encrypted search engine if […]
Earlier this year a method to get access to data encrypted with the Open Source software True Crypt was published by security researchers. It involved physical access to the protected computer system. […]
You've more than likely read Martins' piece about the outstanding encryption tool Truecrypt "TrueCrypt 6.1 Released" and have used it to create easy to use, encrypted file systems on Windows machines. Of […]
