Download VeraCrypt 1.15

Version 1.15 of VeraCrypt has been released. VeraCrypt is a so-called fork of TrueCrypt, which was discontinued a while ago under rather vague circumstances. This open source encryption program can encrypt entire hard drives or partitions and virtual volumes, such as a file accessed as a partition. VeraCrypt uses the original source code of TrueCrypt, but includes several security improvements. Volumes created with TrueCrypt can be opened and converted from this version. The Frenchman Mounir Idrassi has been working on this project since the summer of 2013. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Windows:

• Fix two TrueCrypt vulnerabilities reported by James Forshaw (Google Project
  Zero)
  • CVE-2015-7358 (critical): Local Elevation of Privilege on Windows by
    Abusing drive letter handling.
  • CVE-2015-7359: Local Elevation of Privilege on Windows caused by
    incorrect Impersonation Token Handling.
• Fix regression in mounting of favorite volumes at user logon.
• Fix display of some Unicode languages ​​(eg Chinese) in formatting wizard.
• Set keyboard focus to PIM field when “Use PIM” is checked.
• Allow Application key to open context menu on drive letters list
• Support specifying volumes size in TB in the GUI (command line already supports this)