The free, open-source TrueCrypt file encryption program allows you to create encrypted container files for protecting sensitive data. These container files appear just like any other file, which ...

I have an 8 gig Corsair FlashVoyager GT that I use one day every week to copy a bunch of files for transport. I use robocopy to copy the files to a 7.5 gig TrueCrypt volume. The contents of the copy ...

Windows (7), and SyncBack for that matter, don't recognize that a change has been made to a file encrypted by TrueCrypt. This plays hell with backups that look for file size or date changes. Is there ...

Linux users are blessed with a collection of file encryption tools. But chances are, whatever application you use for that task lacks the efficiency, speed and functionality of TrueCrypt. TrueCrypt ...

Though encryption is a strong way to safeguard passwords, personal information, and other sensitive data, it can be confusing due to the acronyms and technobabble that surround the topic. The tool has ...

Today is the first in what will be a weekly series from me here on Open Source Fact and Fiction. I call it Open Source Friday Focus. Every week we will highlight an open source project that I think ...

Message from TrueCrypt that it’s being discontinued on SourceForge.net. The abrupt discontinuation of the disk and file encryption freeware TrueCrypt by its secretive software developers has left many ...

Most businesses use some form of computer system to store data, and inevitably something goes wrong with that system at one time or another. Hardware failure, human error, viruses and malware, and ...

Unicode, the wonderful extension to to ASCII that gives us gems like “ ”, “⌨”, and “☕”, has had some unexpected security ramifications. The most common problems with Unicode are visual security issues ...