Last week I wrote about the suspicious and abrupt announcement that TrueCrypt, a popular free open source encryption solution, was being abandoned and is considered “harmful and no longer secure”. In ...

TrueCrypt, the popular open-source encryption program, on Wednesday unexpectedly recommended that users drop its product and shift to Microsoft’s Bitlocker. TrueCrypt’s Web page redirected itself to a ...

The TrueCrypt whole-disk encryption tool used by millions of privacy and security enthusiasts is safer than some studies have suggested, according to a comprehensive security analysis conducted by the ...

CipherShed and VeraCrypt developers stand ready to step in for TrueCrypt now that the cryptanalysis phase of the audit is complete and no backdoors were discovered. Both open source projects sprung ...

TrueCrypt, one of our favorite file encryption tools, has abruptly changed its homepage to a warning that the tool may not secure, and a detailed guide on how to migrate your encrypted data to ...

Windows users who rely on TrueCrypt to encrypt their hard drives have a serious security problem: a researcher has discovered two critical flaws in the program. TrueCrypt may have been abandoned by ...

Encryption is a silent, unsung hero of our modern connected society. From protecting your sensitive details when you log on to Internet banking to protecting data on your laptop or mobile phone if it ...

Theory: Borrowing a page from the Lavabit crypto service that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden used, Wednesday’s advisory was what legal practitioners call a “canary,” intended to signal receipt ...

We’re not really any closer to finding out the real reason why the TrueCrypt project was abruptly shut down last week, but at least some on the internet aren’t prepared to see the open source ...

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 ...

“This page exists only to help migrate existing data encrypted by TrueCrypt.” “The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP. Windows 8/7/Vista and ...

Truecrypt will allow the user to create an encrypted file that, upon mounting, will appear like any other device (CD, DVD, USB disk, external hard drive or everything else you might think of), or ...