How to Encrypt any File, Folder, or Drive on Your System Trust us, it’s safer this way. Photograph: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images ...

Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can protect them using encryption.

Dropbox is bringing end-to-end encryption to its file storage service, through acquiring "key assets" from cloud security company Boxcryptor.

The REvil ransomware operation has added a new ability to encrypt files in Windows Safe Mode, likely to evade detection by security software and for greater success when encrypting files.