Ever found yourself locked out of an Excel spreadsheet because you forgot the password or you have been given password protected Excel files from a colleague who was left the business? It’s a common ...

Microsoft cloud services are scanning for malware by peeking inside users’ zip files, even when they’re protected by a password, several users reported on Mastodon on Monday. Compressing file contents ...

Password-protected files are an intelligent way in which attackers are working to evade enterprise security defenses and infect endpoints. Not long ago, phishing attacks were nearly always delivered ...