A new ransomware called VCrypt is targeting French victims by utilizing the legitimate 7zip command-line program to create password-protected archives of data folders. BleepingComputer was told today ...

If you have a confidential PDF you want to password protect, you have a few ways to do that on your Windows 11 PC. You can ...

Google is redesigning Chrome malware detections to include password-protected executable files that users can upload for deep scanning, a change the browser maker says will allow it to detect more ...

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Dropbox’s long-awaited password manager debuted last month in a beta test. Now, it’s officially headed to Dropbox Pro and Plus users. The company’s Vault for secure file storage, meanwhile, is also ...

Q: I saw PCWorld’s lists for the best password managers, and your top picks were for cloud-based services. Wouldn’t a locally stored password database be more secure? A: One of our top password ...

I built a new Windows PC to replace an aging one, both are running Windows 11. A number of files on my old archive disk did not get decrypted during the move from the old to the new machine. The name ...

Q:I deal with a lot of sensitive documents, and because my PC is on a network, it would be nice if I could password-protect individual files. Is there a way to assign passwords to documents created in ...

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