Ransomware typically encrypts files and demands payment in bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, but security firm Emsisoft reported Wednesday that it had discovered a variant making another sort of ...

Victims of a form of ransomware that demands a huge payment to unlock files can now do so for free, thanks to a newly released decryption tool. that exploits a vulnerability in its malicious code.

Researchers have neutralized the latest strain of the Jaff ransomware, releasing a decryption tool for unlocking files. A weakness discovered in Jaff ransomware by researchers has led to the creation ...

We may have mentioned this once before, but just in case we didn't: You cannot drag a locked file to the Trash. If you try, you will get a message warning that you do not have sufficient privileges to ...

Are you trying to open a password-protected PDF or ZIP file? Then, you already know how frustrating it can be. You try out different tools, and the result is a ...

In brief: Cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a new tool to help MegaCortex ransomware victims unlock their files, which is great news for those that have had files locked down for years.

When a shared file gets locked for editing, real-time collaboration gets affected as users cannot open or comment on the file. One known reason for this error is dual ...

Whether the information you need is a file in someone’s Google Drive or Dropbox, a video posted to YouTube, a song on SoundCloud, or even via a file-sharing ...

Imagine working on a key document in Google Drive, only to find out later that someone made unwanted changes. To prevent this ...