Using encrypted files and drives is normally something you can do without even thinking about it. In most cases, simply logging into your computer is all that is needed to access the data. However, in ...

BitLocker is a hard drive encryption feature available in Windows Pro and Enterprise editions. After locking your hard drive partition with BitLocker, you can unlock it using the BitLocker key. In ...

You don't need to buy Windows Pro to have secure files.

I recently replaced my PC's SSD with a bigger one. Having Bitlocker turned on and wanting to keep my data encrypted, I tried cloning the installation by (basically adapting steps from here): This ...

Windows security expert and infrastructure trainer Sami Laiho has discovered a simple method of bypassing BitLocker during the Windows 10 update procedure. Laiho says that by holding SHIFT + F10 while ...

A new ransomware strain called ShrinkLocker creates a new boot partition to encrypt corporate systems using Windows BitLocker. ShrinkLocker, named so because it creates the boot volume by shrinking ...

As per my thread in the Audio/Visual Club last December, I have been having ongoing issues with an HP Omen 45L gaming desktop that I bought in October last year. The display would randomly go blank, ...

You might have encountered encryption on messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. It is nothing but securing your messages. When your messages are encrypted, they can only be read by the ...