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How to easily encrypt/decrypt a file in Linux with gpg Your email has been sent Stop your search for an easy way to encrypt and decrypt files in Linux -- the built-in gpg tool will do the trick. No ...

As part of an effort to make encryption a standard component of every application, the Linux Foundation launched its open source Let’s Encrypt project along with its intention to provide access to a ...

You have data on your machines. Some of that data might be in the form of sensitive company or client information. Should that particular information fall into the wrong hands, well, you know that ...

In the Linux Journal article “Implementing Encrypted Home Directories” (August 2003), I described how to encrypt home directories transparently. This article describes how to implement another ...

I have been focusing a lot on security and privacy issues in this year's columns so far, but I realize some of you may expect a different kind of topic from me (or maybe are just tired of all this ...

Researchers have exploited a flaw in the encryption procedure used by the Linux.Encoder.1 – the first ransomware targeting the Linux platform – to develop a decryption tool for victims. On Thursday, ...

Threat researchers have found a new feature-rich malware that can encrypt files on any system running PHP, making it a high risk for Windows, macOS, and Linux web servers. The malware received the ...