Is Google Drive secure? How Google uses encryption to protect your files and documents, and the risks that remain

To help secure your Google Drive, use two-factor authentication and be careful when giving other apps permission to use your ...
Time

Encryption (Part 2): How to Back Up Encrypted Files

Encrypting your PC is one thing, but how do you keep it backed up? And how do you maintain easy access to the files if you work on several computers at different times? One author I know has two ...
Bleeping Computer

Free Akira ransomware decryptor helps recover your files

Cybersecurity firm Avast has released a free decryptor for the Akira ransomware that can help victims recover their data without paying the crooks any money. Akira first appeared in March 2023 and ...
Bleeping Computer

New Akira ransomware decryptor cracks encryptions keys using GPUs

Security researcher Yohanes Nugroho has released a decryptor for the Linux variant of Akira ransomware, which utilizes GPU power to retrieve the decryption key and unlock files for free. Nugroho ...
Linux Journal

How to Encrypt and Securely Transfer Files with GPG

GnuPG, or GPG, is a free implementation of the OpenPGP standard. It allows you to encrypt and sign your data and communications. It features a versatile key management system and access modules for ...
ZDNet

How to encrypt a file on Linux, MacOS, and Windows - and why

You probably have documents on your desktop operating system that contain sensitive information. So what do you do to protect that data? You could hide the document in an obscure folder -- but that's ...