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 ...

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, ...

Using encrypted files and drives is normally something you can do without even thinking about it. In most cases, simply logging into your computer is all that is needed to access the data. However, in ...

A great feature of ZIP files is that you can add a password to them as an extra layer of security. This way, if an ...

While Windows doesn't give you the ability to create encrypted ZIP files, software like 7Zip does. If you choose the standard ZIP encryption (weak encryption) when making the ZIP file, then Windows ...

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