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As the proliferation of devices continues to capture the imagination of consumers, and has ignited what is referred to as bring your own device (BYOD) revolution, many IT departments across the globe are now facing increased security considerations. While organizations encourage BYOD for cost...

Hi, I just wrote some document with multiple files (LaTeX). Then I encrypted the folder the document was in by right click => Properties => Advanced... => Encrypt contents to secure data and then select "apply to subfolders etc.". Then I wanted to open a file within that folder but it was...

Original release date: November 05, 2013 | Last revised: November 06, 2013 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows systems running Windows 7, Vista, and XP operating systems Overview US-CERT is aware of a malware campaign that surfaced in 2013 and is associated with an increasing number of...

Exclusive Ron Paul interview with Lavabit Ladar Levison discusses the implications of National Security Letters and NSA surveillance Lavabit is an email service founded in 2004 that suspended operations in August 2013. It is owned and operated by Ladar Levison. Lavabit was founded by...

Revision Note: V1.0 (August 13, 2013): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for supported editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 that restricts the use of certificates...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.2 (July 9, 2013): Bulletin revised to announce a detection change in the Windows Vista packages for the 2785220 update to correct a Windows Update reoffering issue. This is a detection change only. Customers who have already successfully updated their...

Original release date: July 26, 2013 | Last revised: July 31, 2013 Systems Affected Any system connected to the internet running the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) may be affected. IPMI is resident on many server platforms, and provides low-level access to a system that can...

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One of my recurring problems when I have to reinstall my email client is getting it to work properly with Gmail. It isn't because that is so difficult, but simply because I can't properly remember all of the settings. This is the task at hand, since I've just done a clean install of Windows 7...

I activate Bitlocker for my Operating system drive on a Windows 8 machine. But when starting the process I only can back up the recovery key. I have no dialog to choose how to unlock the drive. Thus even though Bitlocker is running, the user can logg on to windows by simply entering the...

I had an MS Word 2007 file on my system. I had it opened for a couple days, and during this time, Windows decided to FORCE a restart of my system (beautiful idea to default to this behavior, btw), and while doing so completely lost (how?) my saved copy of the aforementioned file. This file is...

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Assume I have a partition which is currently encrypted by Bitlocker. The Bitlocker key to access it is known. How can I convert it back to a non-encrypted "normal" partition? ..of cause without loosing current content .....and without backup of current content then re-format partition and...

When I go to the control panel and go to BitLocker Drive Encryption then click Turn on BitLocker beside my C:/ drive I get the following message: I don't understand this as I'm the only user on my laptop and I have administrator privileges, so please help!

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (January 8, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the implementation of SSL and TLS in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow security feature bypass...

This question is long and has been written about much in many strings in this and other forums. None have worked for me to date.:cool: I think that the issue may be that the provider of answers to these other similar questions seem to assume that the overall setup of the machine in question...

Hi, I was just wondering if it is possible to Password Protect a folder from opening/copying the folder. But still be able to open a Application in the same folder, without entering the password. Example, I want these people to use this software, but not be able to see nor open it through...

Fixes issues in which files that you encrypt with ECC certificates are corrupted. These issues occur after you use the EFS feature to encrypt the files on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

Dear All, I need some help regarding a strange issue with CryptUnprotectData function. I have a C++ code that reads the database password from the registry and decrypts it using CryptUnprotectData. We have to deploy this application on a Windows 7 machine. When I compile my code on...