Snoopers and thieves can easily access files and passwords on your computer, even without your Windows password. All they have to do is insert a special disc (such as ...

In cybersecurity, we want to be as efficient and swift as possible when executing our tasks. In this scenario, I want to compare encrypting and decrypting files and strings in Python vs doing the same ...

Splunk has tested some of the most common ransomware to see how quickly they can encrypt 53GB worth of files after infecting a system, and it turns out the answer is "pretty quickly." The company says ...

Today Google launched Google Drive, a free-if-you-just-need-5GB-of-storage Dropbox-like service that lets you easily store and share files in the cloud. I like the idea of free cloud storage, but I’m ...

I was outraged to find a coworker poking around in a folder on my PC. Besides storing the files on a removable disk that I can lock in a drawer or booby-trapping my PC, is there any way to protect my ...

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True story: A friend of mine—a programmer I’ll call Annie—came home one day to find her new town house burglarized. Among the stolen items was the PowerBook she used for work. While she hoped that the ...