TrueCrypt is a free and open-source program for encrypting data. It's excellent for securing hard drives. It also contains the capability to hide a secret operating system inside another operating ...

The password encryption algorithm used in some recent versions of the Cisco IOS operating system is weaker than the algorithm it was designed to replace, Cisco revealed earlier this week. The new ...

A significant security flaw was discovered in Microsoft software this week, but this time Microsoft isn't to blame. Well, not completely. The most recent security problem uncovered in a Microsoft ...

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Allowing BitLocker without a TPM will require unlocking the operating system drive at startup with either a password or startup key on a USB flash drive. This option ...

Apple released a new macOS operating system today, dubbed High Sierra. But already a serious weakness has been found lurking within, a security researcher has claimed, allowing a hacker to steal ...

A bug report submitted on Open Radar this week has revealed a security flaw in the current version of macOS High Sierra that allows the App Store menu in System Preferences to be unlocked with any ...

Microsoft is introducing passkeys for its Edge browser, saying Edge on Windows will let users store passkeys for passwordless sign-ins and synchronize them across multiple Windows devices. The new ...

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