That question can be interpreted two ways. Do you want to hack into someone else’s private files? Or do you want to avoid a form of encryption that won’t give you much protection? Since I believe that ...

Cloudflare CTO John Graham-Cumming has successfully cracked and decrypted a 30-year-old ZIP file, and has written a blog post about how he did it. John Graham-Cumming's blog: Cracking an old ZIP file ...

Password-protected ZIP archives are common means of compressing and sharing sets of files—from sensitive documents to malware samples to even malicious files (i.e. phishing "invoices" in emails). But, ...

Ever found yourself locked out of an Excel spreadsheet because you forgot the password or you have been given password protected Excel files from a colleague who was left the business? It’s a common ...

Trinu, who keeps sensitive data inside AES-encrypted .zip archives, asked the Answer Line forum about the advantages and disadvantages of switching to TrueCrypt. Regular readers know that I’m a big ...