Just because you have antivirus software installed on your PC doesn't mean a zero-day Trojan can't steal your personal data. The best encryption software keeps you safe from malware (and the NSA).

There is an abundance of free encryption tools, but if you’re running Windows, BitLocker is the only tool most people need, especially for home use. Although its encryption function is only available ...

Encryption secures information by translating it into computer code that’s unreadable to those who don’t have the means to access the information. These means of access can include passwords, ...

If you want to keep your business’s data safe, encryption is essential. By encrypting files directly, you ensure that they can’t be opened without a password — protecting the files from hackers and ...

End-to-end Zoom encryption is coming soon to all accounts, both free and paid. Free users will need to go through some identity verifications before getting the feature. Beta testing for encryption on ...

Privacy is a hot subject. Nobody likes being snooped on, even if they’re not a secret agent. Fortunately, high-quality encryption software doesn’t have to cost an ...

Email encryption is very helpful to protect confidential email data from being read by anyone other than the recipient(s). The entire content (text and links) is encrypted or turned into ciphertext so ...

Researchers at the Netherland’s Radboud University have uncovered serious security issues with several solid-state drives that use hardware-based encryption—vulnerabilities that would allow an ...

This is the third installment in Reason's four-part documentary series titled "Cypherpunks Write Code." Watch the complete series here. In 1977, a team of cryptographers at MIT made an astonishing ...

If you want something done right, do it yourself. That may sound trite, but it rings true as advice for securing files that you’ve stored online. Several recent incidents—including breaches of Dropbox ...