WhatsApp is the primary means of communication for well over two billion people worldwide. This is because it is free of cost and rife with features, including real-time multimedia-rich messaging, ...

WhatsApp chat backups can now be encrypted with a Passkey. (Image: WhatsApp) WhatsApp has introduced a new security feature that will safeguard users’ data and chats to a greater extent. The new ...

If you ask me what is the easiest way to steal information from a highly secure site, I will probably not suggest trying to exploit a misconfiguration in the firewall, subverting the perimeter ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The use of passkeys for WhatsApp is not news. After all, the ...

Backing up data is essential, but encrypting your files prevents unauthorized access. Encryption converts your files into unreadable data, ensuring that even if your backup is compromised, your ...

Back in the day, IIRC, Crashplan offered free "peer" backup; you exchange USB hard drives with a buddy, Crashplan backed up to the remote USB drive over the Internet, with encryption. This meant very ...

If you're like me, you've probably tried a dozen different backup tools, hoping to find one that actually works the way you want. I've gone from bloated commercial suites that slow down my system to ...

In the beginning, WhatsApp users could not protect their chat backups with encryption—while all communications were encrypted end-to-end, backups weren't afforded the same protection. Since 2021, ...

Software companies offering backup software help individuals and companies with the many aspects of disaster recovery. Whether dealing with hard drive failures, natural disasters, or ransomware, a ...

Couldn't figure out a better forum for this. Hopefully soon I'll have some money to buy a low-end NAS that I can use for backups which I can make a little safer than a connected USB drive, in terms of ...