Plasma Vault makes it quick and easy to create an encrypted folder on the KDE Plasma desktop in which to store files and other data you wish to keep private.
Ubuntu has disabled guest session logins for Ubuntu 17.04 & 16.10 after finding a security vulnerability that could allow unintended access to user files.
Account details of 68 million Dropbox accounts has been leaked online. Here's how to check whether you're affected, and how to change your password.
Barely a week passes without another well-known web company suffering a data breach or hack of some kind. This week it is Opera's turn.
You can unlock your Linux desktop just by having your phone nearby using BlueProximity, a Bluetooth proximity app. We show you how to install it.
The Ubuntu forums have been hacked and the IP addresses, usernames, and email addresses of over two million users have been "stolen".
From today, no further up security updates or bug-fixes will be released for Ubuntu 15.04, which was released on April 23, 2015.
Grab a crate of canned food, start digging a deep underground bunker and prepare to settle into a world that will never be the same again: a powerful trojan has been uncovered on Linux.
Canonical has patched a significant security flaw in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS — one that potentially allowed attackers to gain access to a user account without needing to enter a password.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS has topped a UK security agency's security assessment of the most popular mobile and desktop operating systems.
The United States' National Security Agency (NSA) are alleged to have to asked the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, to create 'backdoors' into GNU/Linux through which they could access.
Users of the popular Ubuntu-based operating system Linux Mint should not use it for online banking, a Canonical engineer has advised.