4 quick security upgrades I always do on a new PC

PCWorld outlines four essential security upgrades for new PCs: verifying Windows encryption settings, optimizing antivirus configurations, enabling biometric login, and setting up dedicated password ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 to let admins mandate SMB encryption for outbound connections

Windows 11 will let admins mandate SMB client encryption for all outbound connections, starting with today's Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25982 rolling out to Insiders in the Canary Channel. SMB ...
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Keeping encryption secure from BitLocker sniffing

The method bypassing encryption has been dubbed “BitLocker sniffing,” named after the built-in Windows encryption tool BitLocker. Essentially, data from the TPM is exposed on the bus, and if anything ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft to Make BitLocker Encryption the Default in Next Windows 11 Build

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VeraCrypt gets bootloader, memory encryption, UAC, Quick Format upgrades on Windows 11/100 0

VeraCrypt, a free yet generally secure encryption app, has, at long last, released a new update version 1.26.7. In case you are wondering, the last one was released over one and a half years ago. The ...