Encryption is an interesting thing. The first time I saw encryption in action was on a friend’s Gentoo Linux laptop that could only boot if the USB key with the boot partition and decryption key was ...

This article, Protect your data with these five Linux encryption tools, originally appeared on TechRepublic.com. If you think data is more precious than ever, you should certainly consider its ...

How to easily encrypt/decrypt a file in Linux with gpg Your email has been sent Stop your search for an easy way to encrypt and decrypt files in Linux -- the built-in gpg tool will do the trick. No ...

You have data on your machines. Some of that data might be in the form of sensitive company or client information. Should that particular information fall into the wrong hands, well, you know that ...

Cryptkeeper, a system tray applet for Linux users to manage EnCFS encrypted folders, has been found to have an embarrassing bug that sets the password for decrypting locked content as "p". EnCFS is a ...

Learn why at rest encryption doesn't mean encryption when your laptop is asleep. There are many steps you can take to harden a computer, and a common recommendation you'll see in hardening guides is ...

The ransomware trojan Linux.Encoder.1 has been defeated, thanks to a critical flaw in the way it encrypts files. Bitdefender Labs said it found a way to recover the AES key the malware uses to encrypt ...

I have been focusing a lot on security and privacy issues in this year's columns so far, but I realize some of you may expect a different kind of topic from me (or maybe are just tired of all this ...

Debian developers are recommending that the Cryptkeeper Linux encryption app be pulled from the distribution after a universal password was found. A longtime Debian developer has recommended that the ...

Attackers can gain complete remote control over encrypted Linux machines by holding down the enter key, thanks to a critical and easy to exploit vulnerability discovered in the most popular Linux file ...