One of the oldest still-working protocols on the Internet is FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Designed in the net’s earliest days, FTP never concerned itself with security. Later standards addressed this ...

Looking for secure file transfer software tools for your network? We explore the most popular SFTP clients to help you decide which one is right for you. Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client ...

Facepalm: Progress Software disclosed a new critical vulnerability in its popular managed file transfer tool Moveit. The disclosure comes almost exactly a year after a similar incident put thousands ...

The government spends $7.9 billion annually on sophisticated cybersecurity measures, but agencies too often ignore the basics of protecting files, according to a new survey on federal encryption and ...

Firefox maker Mozilla has dropped support for the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) in version 90 of the browser. FTP has long been used to exchange files between computers on a network, but it's burdened ...

When attacking a problem, you can either hack at the branches or go right to the source. Establishing Zero Trust is no different. Let me be clear – I will always advocate for a full, robust strategy ...

In last week’s newsletter, I wrote about using secure file transfer tools as a complement to your enterprise e-mail system to offload large file attachments from e-mail. The primary focus of that ...

It’s widely accepted that file transfer protocol (FTP) is the simplest way for organizations to send data across the Internet. To enhance security, many companies now use sFTP or FTP/S, the “secure” ...

File Transfer Protocol is an older networking protocol for transferring files to network servers. Here's how to use it on your Mac. We previously covered the Terminal-based SCP protocol, which allows ...

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Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. The more distributed ...