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

If you’ve signed in with a Microsoft account, your disk is likely already encrypted, and the key is likely already stored on ...

Forbes reports that Microsoft complied with an FBI request for decryption keys to a suspect's personal laptops last year.

As the first major tech company to comply with government demands for encrypted data, Microsoft sets a dangerous precedent.

Unlike traditional attacks that rely on exploits, this succeeds through social engineering combined with abuse of Windows' own security architecture.

If you're ready to replace your old computer and hand it down to a friend or family member, you'll need to wipe your data and reset it. Here's how to do it properly.

Ransomware attackers targeting a Fortune 100 company in the finance sector used a new malware strain, dubbed PDFSider, to deliver malicious payloads on Windows systems.

Encryption is ubiquitous in modern computing, from the padlock icon in a web browser showing a secure connection to the end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp. If these exchanges are worth protecting (and ...

Microsoft is rolling out an update to Windows 11 File Explorer that reduces RAM usage during file searches. The company announced improvements in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7523, which is ...

For now, it’s only available to those in the Insider preview program. The core of the fix is about working smarter, not harder: Microsoft wants to stop File Explorer from performing the same indexing ...

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