Most Linux users know vim as a text editor that descended from vi. It can also function as a tool for encrypting text files. In this post, we examine how this is done and how to reverse the process.
There are many reasons to encrypt files — even on a system that is well maintained and comparatively secure. The files may highly sensitive, contain personal information that you don’t want to share ...
Nowadays we live in an interconnected world where social media networks and apps greatly reduce the distance between people. However, with the continuous advancement of computing, we now live in a ...
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, ...
When used correctly, encrypted filesystems can be an effective way to protect sensitive data stored on a computer. Standard encryption packages, such as the GNU ...
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WinMagic ® Inc. (www.winmagic.com), an innovative leader in full-disk encryption (FDE), today announces the release of SecureDoc v5, the comprehensive full-disk encryption ...
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 ...
The Clop ransomware gang is now also using a malware variant that explicitly targets Linux servers, but a flaw in the encryption scheme has allowed victims to quietly recover their files for free for ...
Some of most popular Linux distributions including Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Fedora come with a disk and partition manager tool called GNOME Disks, a tool developed by the GNOME project. While it’s ...
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