Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can ...

If you're unsure, go with the default settings (AES encryption and SHA-512 hashing) and click Next. Create a strong password for your encrypted USB drive and click Next.

Why is it so important that user passwords are salted and hashed rather than simply “encrypted”? Watch these videos to find out.

An inventive new attack can extract passwords from computer fan activity, perfectly showing why the security war will always continue, and can never be won for good.

Online marketplace eBay says it will urge users to change their passwords following a "cyberattack" on a database with encrypted passwords and non-financial data. The database includes information ...

The password encryption algorithm used in some recent versions of the Cisco IOS operating system is weaker than the algorithm it was designed to replace, Cisco revealed earlier this week.

Why should passwords be encrypted if they’re stored in a secure database? It's not just about your programming problem this time.