Encrypting files, folders, and drives on your computer means that no one else can make sense of the data they contain without a particular decryption key—which in most cases is a password known only ...

You probably have documents on your desktop operating system that contain sensitive information. So what do you do to protect that data? You could hide the document in an obscure folder -- but that's ...

Kaspersky Lab says it has identified a method for salvaging files maliciously encrypted by the Gpcode.ak virus. The Gpcode.ak virus, which encrypts files on the victim’s desktop and demands a ransom ...