Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday. Many modern Windows ...

BitLocker is a disk encryption feature in Windows that protects your data by encrypting entire drives. Sometimes, the BitLocker screen appears on system startup, preventing users from booting into ...

A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and ...

Apple appears close to supporting end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, almost a year after the GSM Association said it was working to implement the privacy feature for messages sent between ...

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Forget about email hackers—what if someone nabs your external drive and all the data on it? Thwart thieves with the strong encryption and security features of one of our top-rated drive picks. (We've ...

In today’s Tech Briefing: Amazon plans to automate 75% of its operations by 2033, replacing over 600,000 U.S. jobs. Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee hike could push IT hiring to Latin America. And ...

In an interconnected world where data breaches and privacy concerns have become all too common, a prominent research entity in Japan is spearheading a transformation of the data security landscape.