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A key-handling defect in the ransomware can permanently lock files by discarding private encryption keys, leaving affected ...

Microsoft says it may give your encryption key to law enforcement upon a valid request. Here's how to protect your privacy.

Ransomware attacks continued to climb in 2025 as attackers increasingly timed operations around year-end staffing gaps and shifted away from traditional file encryption, according to new research from ...

I did not download a file locker. I repurposed a tool I already had.

X has finally revealed its long-promised chat platform, which replaces the service's basic DM functionality with features more like the messaging capabilities on other mainstream apps. The update adds ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Mobile devices sometimes get lost. A laptop bag gets left on the bus or train, a smartphone slips out of your pocket, or a USB flash drive falls to the ground unnoticed. Losing a notebook or phone ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The United Kingdom has dropped its push to require that tech giant Apple provide the country’s security officials with backdoor access ...

A new Linux variant of the “Gunra” ransomware family has been identified with highly configurable multithreading, allowing attackers to run up to 100 parallel encryptions. A Trend Micro research ...