WhatsApp is the primary means of communication for well over two billion people worldwide. This is because it is free of cost and rife with features, including real-time multimedia-rich messaging, ...

Potentially sensitive corporate data is being placed unnecessarily at risk because less than a quarter of companies currently encrypt their backup tapes, newly published research has claimed.

As the number of malware and ransomware attacks rise, it is as important to make sure that your organization and personal data is not only being protected, but also being prepared in the event data is ...

Whenever we encrypt any data, we need a simple key just to unlock it. Well, this key is everything. This key is the foundation of the security on the user’s front. And keeping it safe and secure is ...

One downside of iCloud Backup for those who are interested in privacy is that, unlike with the Mac’s FileVault data encryption, Apple provides no option to store the encryption key yourself. Instead, ...

What it discovered were stolen datasets belonging to 12 unnamed and unconnected firms hit in separate INC ransomware attacks.

A view of NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md. (Photo credit: NIST) The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced an algorithm that could serve as a second line of defense to ensure ...

Back in the day, IIRC, Crashplan offered free "peer" backup; you exchange USB hard drives with a buddy, Crashplan backed up to the remote USB drive over the Internet, with encryption. This meant very ...

Facebook is tightening WhatsApp’s security by extending end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to cloud backups via an update to the app on iOS and Android. This was already allowed this on local WhatsApp ...

If you're like me, you've probably tried a dozen different backup tools, hoping to find one that actually works the way you want. I've gone from bloated commercial suites that slow down my system to ...

Symantec Corp. is expected to announce before the end of the year a new version of its Backup Exec backup and recovery software that includes encryption and more granular recovery capability for ...