Microsoft's BitLocker is a security feature built into Windows that encrypts the entire hard drive. The idea is to protect your personal files from prying eyes in case your PC is ever lost or stolen.

Multiple threat actors, both state-sponsored and financially motivated, are exploiting the CVE-2025-8088 high-severity ...

The FBI served Microsoft a warrant requesting encryption recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of people involved in an ...

China’s cybersecurity agency accused the American government of orchestrating the theft of about $13 billion worth of Bitcoin, representing China’s most recent attempt to attribute major cyberattacks ...

What to do: Users should have their BitLocker recovery keys ready before installing the October security update for Windows 10 and 11. If the update triggers the security feature and users cannot ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- There is new fallout over a data breach at the University of Pennsylvania. The video featured is from a previous report. A Penn graduate has now filed a class-action lawsuit, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The Apple Security Bounty program was launched in 2020 and has ...

It’s not the first time that Samsung’s flagship Galaxy series of smartphones has been hacked, and I’m pretty certain it won’t be the last. The latest hacking incident is for the Samsung Galaxy S25, ...

I was recently talking to someone I know about using Windows Defender to scan their system, and they decided to use the "offline scan" option (the one that reboots and does a scan before loading ...

I got a strange email from Discord last Friday at the very end of the work day informing me of “a recent security incident on September 20 involving your personal data.” It said personal info related ...

Most law enforcement officers respond to a cyberattack for a few weeks or months and then move on. Four years after Kaseya’s infamous breach, however, Jason Manar is still with the company. The attack ...

WhatsApp said on Friday that it fixed a security bug in its iOS and Mac apps that was being used to stealthily hack into the Apple devices of “specific targeted users.” The Meta-owned messaging app ...