The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned US organizations today that attackers deploying Zeppelin ransomware might encrypt their files multiple times. The two federal agencies also shared tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) to help security professionals detect … [Read more...] about FBI: Zeppelin ransomware may encrypt devices multiple times in attacks
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Using GPG to Encrypt and Decrypt Files on Linux [Hands-on for Beginners]
GnuPG, popularly known as GPG, is an extremely versatile tool, being widely used as the industry standard for encryption of things like emails, messages, files, or just anything you need to send to someone securely. It’s easy to get started with GPG, and you can be on your way with using it in a matter of minutes. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to encrypt and decrypt … [Read more...] about Using GPG to Encrypt and Decrypt Files on Linux [Hands-on for Beginners]
Install Let's Encrypt and Secure Nginx with SSL/TLS in Debian 9
This tutorial will show you how to install and secure a Nginx web server on Debian 9 with a TLS certificate issued for free by the Let’s Encrypt Certificate Authority. Furthermore, we will configure automatic renewal of Lets’ Encrypt TLS certificates using a cron job before the certificates expire. TLS, also known as Transport Layer Security, is a network protocol that … [Read more...] about Install Let's Encrypt and Secure Nginx with SSL/TLS in Debian 9
Encrypt Folder on KDE Plasma 5.11
At KDE Plasma, you can easily lock folders and files with password. This is a newly introduced feature named Plasma Vault. It is available since Plasma 5.11 beta by Ivan Čukić. This means soon Kubuntu will have this feature as well. If want to know how to use it, here's the simple guide. My thanks for Ivan, this Plasma Vault is awesome and my long-awaited feature of all … [Read more...] about Encrypt Folder on KDE Plasma 5.11
Let’s Encrypt: Secure Apache Web Server on Ubuntu 16.04
Starting with Chrome 56, the browser developed by Google marks non-secure pages containing password and credit card input fields as Not Secure in the URL bar. It was almost one year ago, when the Mountain View giant announced this choice. Of course, everybody knows that secure is better then insecure; but in this case, the big problem with HTTP is that it lacks a system … [Read more...] about Let’s Encrypt: Secure Apache Web Server on Ubuntu 16.04
Linux Basics: How to hide, lock, encrypt, and secure your files on Linux
Hiding, locking, or even encrypting your files and folders on Linux is pretty easy, and for whatever reason you want to do this there are many different approaches that you can follow. Here is a quick guide on how to hide, lock, and secure your files in the easiest way possible. Hiding Files Whatever file or folder you want to hide on your system, you may simply add a … [Read more...] about Linux Basics: How to hide, lock, encrypt, and secure your files on Linux
ProtonVPN free VPN service lets you encrypt your connection
A VPN software is handy when you need to browse the web without leaving Digital Footprints or browse region-restricted content without any barrier. We have already taken a look at several free VPN software for Windows – and today we will take a look at a newly launched VPN app called ProtonVPN. It is being developed by the same people, who launched ProtonMail a few … [Read more...] about ProtonVPN free VPN service lets you encrypt your connection
Firefox Send lets you upload & encrypt & share large files online using any browser
Sending the big sized attachments has always been an issue. Email server has their own limitations about the attachment sizes and thus we have to use some third party applications or services to send our large files. While we already have many cloud hosting and file sharing services and applications available over the web, Mozilla adds a new one to the list. The … [Read more...] about Firefox Send lets you upload & encrypt & share large files online using any browser
Using AES Crypt to quickly encrypt / decrypt files on GNU/Linux
There are multiple ways to encrypt files, or encrypt your entire filesystem, make containers, encrypt emails etc. However, AES Crypt has got to be the absolute most simple way to encrypt virtually any file quickly and easily in GNU/Linux. The reasons for doing so are many, but just to name a few: Keeping private information on your machine private Keeping private … [Read more...] about Using AES Crypt to quickly encrypt / decrypt files on GNU/Linux
How to Encrypt an Azure Virtual Machine
In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to encrypt the OS disk of an Azure virtual machine (VM). Microsoft recommends that you encrypt Azure VMs using its BitLocker technology that’s built into Windows. If you don’t, the Azure Security Center will alert you, and mark the issue as High Severity. For more information on Azure security, see Getting Started with the … [Read more...] about How to Encrypt an Azure Virtual Machine