PCWorld outlines four essential security upgrades for new PCs: verifying Windows encryption settings, optimizing antivirus configurations, enabling biometric login, and setting up dedicated password ...

Your PC's critical security certificates may be about to expire - how to check ...

For years, we've been told that encryption is the gold standard for digital privacy. If data is encrypted, it is supposed to be locked away from hackers, companies and governments alike. That ...

The Solana projects made the "difficult decision" to cease operations after January's treasury breach and subsequent failed rescue efforts.

PCWorld explains why encrypted email services like Proton, Tuta, and Skiff are essential for protecting digital communications from cyber threats and data breaches. These services use zero-access ...

When you think about hacking and information security, you generally think of leaked databases, app vulnerabilities, ransomware, stuff like that. However, the most effective way to break into any ...

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that prevented Microsoft 365 customers from opening encrypted emails in classic Outlook after a December update. This bug affects users who try to open messages ...

You mightn't think it, but the Windows 11 Recovery Environment is genuinely powerful.

From smooth-talking hackers and millions of stolen passwords to Google’s very expensive “sorry for secretly listening” settlement, security had another extremely normal week. I've been writing and ...

A lawsuit filed last week alleges tech firm ‘can access virtually all’ private communications, a claim the company has denied US authorities have reportedly investigated claims that Meta can read ...

The fatal flaw of encrypted backups: You are locking yourself out of your own data ...