Want to back up your iPhone securely without paying the Apple tax? There’s a hack for that, but it isn’t for everyone... yet

The system uses libimobiledevice to trigger encrypted backups with no user interaction required after the initial setup. Once ...

CyberVolk’s ransomware debut stumbles on cryptography weakness

The pro-Russia hacktivist group CyberVolk launched a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) called VolkLocker that suffered from ...

Russian hackers debut simple ransomware service, but store keys in plain text

First, the bad news: the CyberVolk 2.x (aka VolkLocker) ransomware-as-a-service operation that launched in late summer. It's run entirely through Telegram, which makes it very easy for affiliates that ...

Should you run Linux straight from a USB? I tried it, and here's my expert advice

Thanks to the flexibility of Linux, it's possible to run the OS directly from a USB drive, but is that the right approach? Here are the pros and cons.