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Homepage: VeraCrypt - Free Open source disk encryption with strong security for the Paranoid
GitHub: GitHub - veracrypt/VeraCrypt: Disk encryption with strong security based on TrueCrypt


VeraCrypt is a free open source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. Brought to you by IDRIX (https://www.idrix.fr) and based on TrueCrypt 7.1a.

VeraCrypt main features:
 
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VeraCrypt 1.25.7 update reintroduces support for Windows Vista, 7 and 8 systems​

VeraCrypt 1.25.7 brings back support for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. The team notes that certain patches need to be installed on Windows 7 and Vista devices to get the latest version of VeraCrypt installed on these devices.

Windows 7 support requires that either KB3033929 or KB4474419 is installed.

KB3033929 is a security update that Microsoft released on September 3, 2015.
KB4474419 is the SHA-2 code signing support update.

Windows Vista support requires that either KB4039648 or KB4474419 is installed.

With these patches installed, VeraCrypt 1.25.7 installs fine on the three operating system versions.

The new version introduces another useful option that is specific to Windows machines. Three Registry options have been added that may be used to tune the performance "for SSD disks and having better stability under heavy load". [...]
 

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VeraCrypt 1.25.9 (February 19th, 2022):
  • All OSes:
    • Update translations (Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Turkish).
  • Windows:
    • Make MSI installer compatible with system encryption.
    • Set minimum support for MSI installation to Windows 7.
    • Fix failure to create Traveler Disk when VeraCrypt is installed using MSI.
    • Don't cache the outer volume password when mounting with hidden volume protection if wrong hidden volume password was specified.
    • Reduce the size of EXE installers by almost 50% by using LZMA compression instead of DEFLATE.
    • Fix double-clicking mounted drive in VeraCrypt UI not working in some special Windows configurations.
    • Add registry key to fix BSOD during shutdown/reboot on some machines when using system encryption.
      • Under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\veracrypt", create a REG_DWORD value named "VeraCryptEraseKeysShutdown".
      • Setting this registry value to 0 disables erasing system encryption keys which is the cause of BSOD during shutdown on some machines.
  • Linux:
    • Fix hidden volume settings not correctly displayed when enabling hidden volume protection in mount options window.
    • Fix generic Linux installer overwriting /usr/sbin if it is a symlink.
    • Fix crash when building with _GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS defined.
    • Enable building from source without AES-NI support.
  • MacOSX:
    • Fix hidden volume settings not correctly displayed when enabling hidden volume protection in mount options window.
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VeraCrypt 1.25.9 includes fixes for the three supported operating systems Windows, Mac OS and Linux. Most changes apply only to the Windows version, including a fix for a BSOD that could happen on shutdown.
 

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New version 1.26.7 (October 1st, 2023)

Release Notes​

Note to users who created volumes with 1.17 version of VeraCrypt or earlier:
To avoid hinting whether your volumes contain a hidden volume or not, or if you depend on plausible deniability when using hidden volumes/OS, then you must recreate both the outer and hidden volumes including system encryption and hidden OS, discarding existing volumes created prior to 1.18a version of VeraCrypt.
1.26.7​
(October 1st, 2023):
  • All OSes:
    • Security: Ensure that XTS primary key is different from the secondary key when creating volumes
    • Remove TrueCrypt Mode support. Version 1.25.9 can be used to mount or convert TrueCrypt volumes.
    • Complete removal of RIPEMD160 and GOST89 algorithms. Legacy volumes using any of them cannot be mounted by VeraCrypt anymore.
    • Add support for BLAKE2s as new PRF algorithm for both system encryption and standard volumes.
    • Introducing support for EMV banking smart cards as keyfiles for non-system volumes.
      • No need for a separate PKCS#11 module configuration.
      • Card PIN isn't required.
      • Generates secure keyfile content from unique, encoded data present on the banking card.
      • Supports all EMV standard-compliant banking cards.
      • Can be enabled in settings (go to Settings->Security Tokens).
      • Developed by a team of students from the Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes.
      • More details about the team and the project are available at VeraCrypt.
    • When overwriting an existing file container during volume creation, add its current size to the available free space
    • Add Corsican language support. Update several translations.
    • Update documentation
  • Windows:
    • Officially, the minimum supported version is now Windows 10. VeraCrypt may still run on Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1, but no active tests are done on these platforms.
    • EFI Bootloader:
      • Fix bug in PasswordTimeout value handling that caused it to be limited to 255 seconds.
      • Rescue Disk: enhance "Boot Original Windows Loader" by using embedded backup of original Windows loader if it is missing from disk
      • Addition of Blake2s and removal of RIPEMD160 & GOST89
    • Enable memory protection by default. Add option under Performance/Driver Configuration to disable it if needed.
      • Memory protection blocks non-admin processes from reading VeraCrypt memory
      • It may block Screen Readers (Accessibility support) from reading VeraCrypt UI, in which case it can be disabled
      • It can be disabled by setting registry value "VeraCryptEnableMemoryProtection" to 0 under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\veracrypt"
    • Add process mitigation policy to prevent VeraCrypt from being injected by other processes
    • Minor enhancements to RAM Encryption implementation
    • Fix Secure Desktop issues under Windows 11 22H2
    • Implement support for mounting partially encrypted system partitions.
    • Fix false positive detection of new device insertion when Clear Encryption Keys option is enable (System Encryption case only)
    • Better implementation of Fast Create when creating file containers that uses UAC to request required privilege if not already held
    • Allow choosing Fast Create in Format Wizard UI when creating file containers
    • Fix formatting issues during volume creation on some machines.
    • Fix stall issue caused by Quick Format of large file containers
    • Add dropdown menu to Mount button to allow mounting without using the cache.
    • Possible workaround for logarithmic slowdown for Encrypt-In-Place on large volumes.
    • Make Expander first check file existence before proceeding further
    • Allow selecting size unit (KB/MB/GB) for generated keyfiles
    • Display full list of supported cluster sizes for NTFS, ReFS and exFAT filesystems when creating volumes
    • Support drag-n-drop of files and keyfiles in Expander.
    • Implement translation of Expander UI
    • Replace legacy file/dir selection APIs with modern IFileDialog interface for better Windows 11 compatibility
    • Enhancements to dependency dlls safe loading, including delay loading.
    • Remove recommendation of keyfiles files extensions and update documentation to mention risks of third-party file extensions.
    • Add support for more language in the setup installer
    • Update LZMA library to version 23.01
    • Update libzip to version 1.10.1 and zlib to version 1.3
  • Linux:
    • Fix bug in Random generator on Linux when used with Blake2s that was triggering a self test failure.
    • Modify Random Generator on Linux to exactly match official documentation and the Windows implementation.
    • Fix compatibility issues with Ubuntu 23.04.
    • Fix assert messages displayed when using wxWidgets 3.1.6 and newer.
    • Fix issues launching fsck on Linux.
    • Fix privilege escalation prompts being ignored.
    • Fix wrong size for hidden volume when selecting the option to use all free space.
    • Fix failure to create hidden volume on a disk using CLI caused by wrong maximum size detection.
    • Fix various issues when running in Text mode:
      • Don't allow selecting exFAT/BTRFS filesytem if they are not present or not compatible with the created volume.
      • Fix wrong dismount message displayed when mounting a volume.
      • Hide PIM during entry and re-ask PIM when user entered a wrong value.
      • Fix printing error when checking free space during volume creation in path doesn't exist.
    • Use wxWidgets 3.2.2.1 for static builds (e.g. console only version)
    • Fix compatibility of generic installers with old Linux distros
    • Update help message to indicate that when cascading algorithms they must be separated by dash
    • Better compatibility with building under Alpine Linux and musl libc
  • macOS:
    • Fix issue of VeraCrypt window becoming unusable in use cases involving multiple monitors and change in resolution.

Note:
  • Remove TrueCrypt Mode support. Version 1.25.9 can be used to mount or convert TrueCrypt volumes.
 

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VeraCrypt 1.26.7 update brings major changes: read this before updating​

VeraCrypt 1.26.7: Compatibility changes​


The official release notes list the following compatibility changes:
  • TrueCrypt Mode support is removed in this version. There is no option anymore to mount TrueCrypt volumes in VeraCrypt 1.26.7 and future releases.
  • Removed support for RIPEMD160 and GOST89 algorithms. Volumes that use these algorithms can't be mounted anymore in VeraCrypt 1.26.7 and future releases.
The developers suggest to use the previous version, 1.25.9, to convert volumes before upgrading.

On Windows, VeraCrypt releases are only tested on Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems. While the software may still run on Windows 7 and 8 devices, there is no guarantee anymore.
Closing Words

VeryCrypt users need to make sure that they don't run into incompatibility issues when upgrading to the latest version. Most users won't be affected by the changes, but those who still use TrueCrypt volumes or volumes with the dropped algorithms may want to convert these to supported formats before running the upgrade.
 

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