Got backups? In response to the security community's comments on the futile attempt to directly attack the 1024 bit RSA keys using distributed computing, Kaspersky Labs are now reasonably recommending ...

David S. writes asks about recovering a FileVault-encrypted drive. He says it was encrypted and then reformatted. Is it possible to recover any data from this drive since it was previously encrypted ...

While some businesses rely on computers more than others, most value the data they store on the machines and may consider at least some of it private or confidential. Even with the best security ...

Stellar Data Recovery Professional helps Windows users quickly recover lost or deleted files from corrupted, formatted, or encrypted drives. With easy-to-use scanning modes, file previews, and ...

Crypto ransomware, a relatively unknown phenomenon a couple of years ago, has exploded into one of the nastier malware problems for Internet users. Variants such as CryptoLocker and CryptoWall have ...

A file-encrypting ransomware we are calling LowLevel04 is currently being spread that encrypts your data using AES encryption and then demands a 4 Bitcoin, or ~$1000 USD, ransom to get your files back ...

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have found a number of programming errors in the WannaCry ransomware code that put file recovery within reach of sysadmins. A number of programming errors in the code are ...

The key used for these kinds of symmetric encryption is called as File Encryption Key (or FEK). This FEK is in return encrypted with a public or a private key algorithm like RSA and stored with the ...

Cryptowall, the now-infamous encryption malware that locks files for ransom, has been updated. The ransomware, which upon install encrypts files making it almost impossible to regain access, now ...