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Securely Embed Sensitive Information And Files In Images With Steg

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Sending out sensitive data on unsecured networks carries a considerable amount of risk. Anyone with malicious intentions and the proper knowledge can easily hack into your network and intercept the messages. If confidential documents containing financial information, passwords, or other important data get into the wrong hands, there can be a major security problem. In order to keep yourself safe, you can encrypt your data with a key and send the key to the intended recipient. However, some advanced hackers can even break some high level encryption if they locate the file. Another method to send your data in a safe way is by using a Steganography technique that involves infusing your data inside an image without changing the image itself. Steg is one such tool that performs the job flawlessly. This way, even if your file is intercepted by anyone, it will be a normal image file in the eyes of others, and there will be no visual indication of the encoded data. Keep reading to find out how to embed your sensitive data into an image using Steg. Read More

Toolwiz BSafe: Create Encrypted Personal Data Containers & Mount Them As Virtual Drives

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If you’re even remotely familiar with Windows' BitLocker Drive Encryption utility, or the much popular (and open source) TrueCrypt, then you may know about the file and disk encryption features that these utilities have to offer. Despite being powerful, both tools do have a few drawbacks such as BitLocker only lets you encrypt and decrypt a whole drive, which itself can be a time wasting process in case you have a large drive, while TrueCrypt, with its advanced settings and tedious configuration wizard, requires users to understand each encryption option to protect their precious data. However, there’s another, and a rather simple, file encryption tool that you can use to encrypt your files. Toolwiz BSafe is a powerful data encryption tool that lets you create encrypted file containers and mount them as virtual drives. It lets you easily create a safe (file container), and you have the liberty to create as many safes as you want without having to configure encryption settings. The application uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256 to protect your files. Keep reading for more details. Read More

Wise Folder Hider: Easily Hide Files/Folders on Hard Disk Drive Or USB

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Security is the utmost factor that we all consider when storing most of our digital information, whether it’s a personal document that might be accessed by other people or some important data that can be messed up by our children when we are not looking. With the increased security enhancements in every new version of the OS, it might sound far-fetched to say that the the data is vulnerable, though adding an extra shield of security is quite judicious before someone else sneaks into our data. Wise Folder Hider is a file security application that can hide your files and folders in a convenient manner. If you have any fear that someone who has access to your computer might accidently delete your files, this tool can make you sleep easy. It lets you create a wise folder user account, which can only be accessed by a password. Any file or folder that you drop into the application automatically gets hidden from anyone using your computer and the only way to get access to it is either from within this app or by un-hiding it. Moreover, it can hide files on a USB drive with an included option. The program comprises a user-friendly and modern looking blue interface design and comes with three different languages (English, Chinese and Turkish). More details after the jump. Read More

SafeHouse Explorer Creates Hidden Private Virtual Drive To Protect Files

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File enencryption utilities are a must have for any computer user worried about data security. SafeHouse Explorer is free encryption software which can help protect your confidential files. It has a both free and paid version. The former has enough feature rich options to keep your data secure and protected. It creates a virtual drive in which you can save data via drag & drop or by simple copy & paste method. The virtual volume remains invisible unless you open SafeHouse Explorer and enter your password. This provides the option to hide, encrypt, password protect and lock your important files. Read More

Disable USB Mass Storage To Protect Your Windows PC

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While USB drives are one of the most useful devices when it comes to data exchange, they are also a pain in terms of spreading viruses and data theft. This is especially problematic in college or office labs, where students or workers frequently exchange thumb-drives and use them on unprotected systems. One infected drive and the administrator has to spend hours of maintenance work  on all networked PCs. Read More