Researchers from Mimecast have recently observed a campaign where threat actors are using a somewhat rarely seen but easy method to distribute malware using Microsoft Excel's standard file encryption ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now more than ever, it is important to protect your digital assets -- especially if you have a laptop. Whether your goal is to guard your financial data or keep nosy family members from viewing your ...

XLS files sent via emails appear password protected but aren’t, opening automatically to install malware from compromised macros, according to researchers. Hackers have updated the age-old Excel ...

Most of us have some rather sensitive files on our PCs. Whether it’s our tax returns, financial records, password lists (seriously, just use a password manager already), or just files you don’t want ...

If you prefer keeping your files and folder encrypted, you might have run into the EFS or Encryption File System algorithm. This inbuilt feature of Windows 11 and Windows 10 helps users secure their ...

I backup all of my passwords into a password encrypted Excel file. It contains all my personal and biz passwords. At least over 100+. I keep the file backed up offsite, and keep a backup CD in my ...

Proton has launched Proton Sheets, a Proton Drive cloud spreadsheet tool with stronger privacy controls than Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel. The company positions Sheets as a way to plan budgets, ...