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How To Encrypt Ubuntu Home Folder From Command Line Using eCryptfs

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Drive encryption is meant to secure your hard drive in case your computer is stolen or compromised with critical information in it, such as bank account credentials, credit card or social security number. During the installation of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, an option is provided to encrypt the Home folder to secure your files and folders. In case you haven’t selected this option during installation, you can easily do it using the ecryptfs-utils command line. eCryptfs is a cryptographic stacked Linux file system, which stores cryptographic metadata in the header of written files, to allow encrypted files to be copied between hosts. The file is then decrypted using the proper key in the Linux kernel keyring. Read More

FileWall Brings Real-Time (On-The-Fly) Folder Encryption In Windows

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We always put great emphasis on data protection. As today, we are living in an era where everything's digital, including our credentials and other important files - any unintended hands can easily misuse such information, if insufficiently protected. Thankfully, PCs now have various data security software that keep everything in check and well protected from intruders. Windows 7 alone is quite robust in protecting our files, but if you were looking for a file encryption tool that is not so easy to crack, then what you probably need is FileWall. It is an encryption application that can quickly encrypt and decrypt files stored in your hard drive. It integrates into the Windows Explorer right-click context menu for instant access and uses AES-128 bit encryption as the default encryption algorithm. It supports real-time encryption on folders which allows the data to be encrypted before being written to the disk. That means that no one will be able to access the existing and newly created documents inside a folder without entering the password. Read past the jump for more details. Read More

Crypter For Chrome Lets You Easily Encrypt & Decrypt Text And Files

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Every now and then, you may have information that needs sharing but are concerned about prying eyes that are not intended to see it, be it your password, bank account information or any other kind of confidential data. Keeping your personal data secure when using the internet is not as simple as one might think. Information sent over the internet can be accessed by almost anyone, and if you want to have a private communication with some one, then Crypter, a Chrome app, can be of great help. It allows quick encryption/decryption, and uses an AES-256 specification. It works by converting plain text to encrypted information (cipher text), rendering it unreadable, and only people having your password can access your information by decrypting it. Files are supported as well, and are encrypted in the browser only, without being uploaded to any third-party server. Read More

Online Tools Offers Various Web Development Tools Under One Hood [Web]

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If you are a software developer and use multiple tools for testing and validating your code, then Online-Toolz can be of great help. It's a web service that provides software developers with a whole lot of validators, functions, generators and conversion tools. It offers HTML, XML validators, text conversion & encryption-decryption functions, date functions, password generators, color chooser and more. Read More

BoxCryptor For Android: Access Encrypted Dropbox Data On The Go

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Dropbox, or any other cloud storage service for that matter, presents a brilliant concept of storing your vital data on a remote drive and accessing it from anywhere. You own valid login credentials for your specific account that can be used to access, view and modify your Dropbox content. Authorized access to individual accounts means added security to your data that is lying on cloud storage. However, if you want to enhance the security of your Dropbox conten, then BoxCryptor could prove to be effective. BoxCryptor is a cross-platform cryptographic freeware that secures your cloud data synced from various cloud storage services (such as Dropbox) using AES-256 encryption through its desktop client. Just recently, said service has launched its Android client that can be used to access Dropbox data encrypted with BoxCryptor. Read More

Encrypt Messages Using Combinations & Password With scrambled-egg

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The internet has brought with it many advantages to the users, but there are certain drawbacks as well - one of them being ripping user privacy apart. scrambled-egg is an open source application which allows encrypting plain text messages and files by letting you select an encryption algorithm and text encoding combination. This combination, and optionally a password, can be applied to encrypt your text file or message.  The supported encryption formats include, AES, ARC2, Blowfish, CAST, DES3 or RSA, with encoding combinations from Base64, Base32, HEX, Quopri, string escape, UU, XML or Json formats. The encrypted text can be copied to clipboard or exported later in XML, JSON, UU file or PNG format. This adds an extra layer of security to your encrypted data, as decrypting it not only requires the knowledge of the password but also the combination used to encrypt the text. Read More

Tunnelbear – Free VPN To Access Popular Blocked Websites Around The World

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I really hate that obnoxious text line which reads something like "this website cannot be accessed from your current location". Okay, no worries, we can use a VPN to gain access. There are many paid services which provide VPN and proxy services to access restricted websites like Hulu, Pandora, Spotify, etc., from anywhere. However, seldom do we come across free applications which have the potential of bypassing restrictions imposed by location restricted websites. TunnelBear is a VPN application which gives US and UK based IPs to allow direct access to popular location restricted websites, without causing any streaming hiccups. When you use TunnelBear, your network traffic is routed through the Tunnel Bear VPN to disguise your actual location. Using TunnelBear, we were easily able to access location restricted websites like Hulu, Spotify and Pandora. Another noteworthy aspect of TunnelBear is that it is not an ad-supported application like other applications of its kind, such as, HotSpot Shield. Read More

Access Websites Restricted In Your Country With Ricco VPN

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Some websites are blocked outside a specific country or region due to copyright issues and political reasons. The latter has been recently seen in many countries around the world due to anti-government protests and the drive to control information. This is a common annoyance that leaves many users stranded and deprived of access to quality content. To bypass such limitations, many users use proxies, however, they are often detected by servers which are meant to block content for users from specific lcoations. A better alternative is to us a VPN (Virtual Private Network). Unlike a proxy, a VPN is a secure mechanism of connecting to a private LAN at a remote location. This can be done either using the Internet or any public network to transport the network data packets. Large corporations often provide VPN access to their employees to allow them o obtain data from their office computer in case of an emergency or to remote execute task. This process has been converted into a proxy mechanism in recent years to allow users to access location restricted websites and to provide them with secure browsing. Read More

Create And Mount Encrypted Virtual Disks With FreeVDF

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FreeVDF is a virtual disk management application which can create new encrypted disks and mount CD/DVD drives images. Encryption can be performed using the algorithm SSE1, and the disk can be created as password protected. This makes FreeVDF more than a virtual disk mounting application, as one can created encrypted virtual drives on a computer and password protected the data inside these drives to add two layers of security. Read More

Protect Me! – Access Files From Encrypted Container Without Decryption

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Data encryption software provides the best way to secure confidential files and folder from external sources, but the process of decoding encrypted data each time to use it is rather time consuming and tiring. How about an application which lets you open encrypted file or run password protected application without requiring you to go through the decoding process? Protect Me! takes an offbeat approach to make your data secure and accessible at the same time from within the encrypted container. Please keep in mind that the container is encrypted, not the files (which are residing in the container). The files inside the container are secure and can only be accessed by the user (after entering the correct password). Read More

Encrypt And Password Protect Sensitive Information In Your Emails

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Disseminating sensitive information online isn’t easy and many people use different techniques to mask the content of private messages. Some might give dummy names to files or send them as zipped attachments but needless to say these measures don’t provide much security. Large companies might resort to other more expensive ways of securely transmitting sensitive information but a simple solution comes from Encipher.it which allows you to encrypt text on the AES encryption standard and protect it with a password. Recipients of encrypted messages will need the password to read your message. Read More

Encrypt Files via Drag & Drop With Drag‘n’Crypt ULTRA

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Drag‘n’Crypt ULTRA is an encryption tool using Twofish encryption algorithm to encrypt files and folder via simple drag & drop. Unlike other algorithms, TwoFish algorithm offers fast file encryption and decryption, therefore, Drag n Crypt doesn’t take too long to encrypt a large chunk of data. The application also integrates with Windows right-click context menu to let users encrypt and decrypt files without having to open the main interface. It also puts a small encryption box on desktop which enables you to just drop the file(s) to start encryption process. The Favorites feature lets you create a list of files and folders, so you can easily encrypt and decrypt them without any hassle involved. Read More

Chrome Gets Option To Encrypt All Synced Data For Better Security

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Online security is understandably one of the biggest concerns for users; hackers are getting smarter but thankfully companies are fighting back with better ways to keep data safe. Google recently added a new feature in Chrome that lets you encrypt all synced data. Previously the encryption option was only available for passwords but the feature has been extended to apps, auto fill fields, bookmarks, extensions, preferences and themes. The average user may not care about encrypting bookmarks and themes but auto-fill form data can have anything from phone numbers, residential addresses, alternate email addresses, credit card numbers and maybe even your social security number. Read More

Add Security To Your Dropbox Account With SecretSync Encryption

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If you’re thinking to deploy a security layer to your Dropbox in order to protect highly confidential data before being sent to Dropbox to sync them across all the configured systems, it’d would rather a time consuming process to first create encrypted container for holding classified info and then send it to Dropbox. An easy solution is provided by SecretSync. It’s a tool backed by 256-AES encryption algorithm which does nothing except encrypting your private data with a pass key and syncing it with your Dropbox account. Using that pass key, you can access your synced private data easily from anywhere, without worrying about recently revealed Dropbox security related issues. Read More

Synchronize Data Between Team Members With TeamDrive

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TeamDrive is a cross-platform data synchronization software, which allows syncing data across multiple computers with friends, family and co-workers. It helps in easily sharing data with other TeamDrive members by specifying a folder for synchronization. TeamDrive makes it easy to manage data sync between groups by allowing them to create a team of members which can receive files from a specified system folder. It provides maximum security and uses AES-256 encryption before transferring data to another system. With TeamDrive, you create a Dropbox like folder, which is shared with other selected users and vice versa. TeamDrive treats your computer as a server to send data using Peer-to-Peer connection with AES encryption, which makes your PC a tunnel from where data is sent to TeamDrive servers and received by specified users. This results in personalized security for synchronizing data. Read More

Lazar Crypter – Encrypt And Decrypt Files From Windows Context Menu

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When it comes to quickly protect your files with password, the best method would be to encrypt them from Windows shell context menu. If you’re not using TrueCrypt or BitLocker to protect your files and looking for a simple tool to encrypt files by staunch encryption algorithm without having to configure lengthy settings, you may want to try out Lazar Crypter. It is an open source app which integrates with Windows context menu, providing option to encrypt and decrypt any file with only one click. Moreover, integrity check, copy, cut, and paste functions are also provided along to quickly move encrypted files to external storage mediums. Read More

Contact Contacts Is Secure Contacts Organizer That Sends Emails & SMS

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Contact Contacts is a portable contact manager which allows creating convenient categories to easily store and sort your contacts. It allows adding in-depth details such as name, mailing address, email address, phone numbers, etc. This ensures that you are able to create a proper contact list of your friends, family and co-workers with all required information. It’s portability means that you can take your contacts list anywhere. Added contacts can be exported and later imported as a CSV file. It also allows specifying a mail server and mobile service provider for sending sms and emails in bulk. The password protection feature provides security of saved contacts with 256-bit AES encryption. Read More

Chiave Encryption Tool Now Handles Large Files, Supports Windows XP

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A while back we featured an awesome-looking file encryption utility backed by 512 Bit Rijndael algorithm called, Chiave File Encryption. It makes use of Windows 7 visually appealing and useful functions, including, Aero Glass, Taskbar Progress, and Jumplist. Recently the developer updated the application with some new features and improvements. Out of all the augmentations, support for Windows XP (both 32-bit and 64-bit) is the most significant while many other interface-specific anomalies have been addressed to make encryption process more smooth. It now adds an Icon Overlay feature for Windows 7 Taskbar Icon along with small thumbnail toolbar buttons to make navigation through encryption / decryption processes more easier. The previously reviewed version was devoid of both installer and uninstaller to properly install and remove the application off the system, the latest stable release - 1.0 includes both in the installation package. Read More

Chiave File Encryption With Windows 7 Jumplist And 512-Bit Rijndael Support

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Need a Windows 7 encryption tool to quickly protect files and folders with staunch encryption technique? If yes, take a look at open source Chiave File Encryption. The most fascinating aspect of this application is its drop-dead UI which makes use of all the aesthetic functions of Windows 7 user interface, including, Aero Glass, Jumplist, and Taskbar progress. Coming back to encryption technique, it is backed by a powerful 512 Bit Rijndael algorithm to protect your confidential data from any sort of unauthorized usage. For those who don't know, Rijndael encryption is used by the US Government. While the major focus of Chiave is to provide the best user experience in terms of protecting important data, you can tailor pre-defined configurations to create file associations for encrypted files, add and refresh Jumplist items, and to enable/disable Windows shell right-click context menu integration to encrypt files and folders on the fly. Read More

Protect Confidential Files And Folders With SteadyCrypt Encryption Tool

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SteadyCrypt is a java-based open source encryption tool for quickly encrypting confidential files to prevent unauthorized usage. As far as features, tools and encryption algorithm are concerned, it is not comparable to widely used TrueCrypt, but users who wont like to follow lengthy procedure in TrueCrypt to create encrypted containers, will find it useful. Being a java-based application, it can work on any OS platform where JRE is installed. Moreover, it supports simple drag & drop behavior to specify folders and files which are to be encrypted. The encrypted containers are secured with a master password which has to entered after installing the application. Read More