Once run on a system with administrator privileges it starts traversing the whole file system and encrypting files in specific directories, including the user’s home directory, the MySQL server ...

Encrypted File System If you handle sensitive information, you might consider deploying another, more straightforward NTFS attribute—the Encrypted File System (EFS).

Thousands of web servers have been infected and had their files encrypted by a new strain of ransomware named Lilocked (or Lilu).

Microsoft seems to be trying to move to a new file system with ReFS, but can it actually replace NTFS in Windows? Probably not yet.

How to Encrypt any File, Folder, or Drive on Your System Trust us, it’s safer this way. Photograph: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images ...

Data encryption is, in this case irrelevant. Standard practice, is to store sensitive data on an encrypted file system. That way, if the computer is physically stolen, the data is safe. This is great ...

During the Information Lifecycle, data must be encrypted when stored on your devices or sent to someone else. With laptops and mobile devices now commonplace, most of us are used to taking our ...

How to keep your ISP’s nose out of your browser history with encrypted DNS Using Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1, other DNS services still require some command-line know-how.

Threat researchers have found a new feature-rich malware that can encrypt files on any system running PHP, making it a high risk for Windows, macOS, and Linux web servers.

A relatively new ransomware operation named Interlock attacks organizations worldwide, taking the unusual approach of creating an encryptor to target FreeBSD servers.