Windows PCs can be securely encrypted without BitLocker using powerful third-party tools and built-in EFS features. Strong passwords, encrypted external drives, and client-side cloud encryption ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

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Support for Windows 10 ends today, but that doesn’t have to be the final curtain for the operating system. With Extended Security Updates, you can keep receiving support for up to 10 PCs for one year ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, July 30, 2025: This story, originally published on ...

When someone calls or texts you, how do you know they’re real? With call spoofing and impersonations rising, you can never be too sure. To address this, a new Google system app, Android System Key ...

An emerging ransomware strain has been discovered incorporating capabilities to encrypt files as well as permanently erase them, a development that has been described as a "rare dual-threat." "The ...