On Tuesday, August 8th, 2023, the White House held a cybersecurity summit to address a recent wave of ransomware attacks targeting U.S. schools.  According to The Hill, at least 48 school districts have been victimized by ransomware attacks in...

Apple has acknowledged that certain SATA hard drives may be unexpectedly disconnected from the 2023 Mac Pro. The issue occurs when the system wakes from sleep, and requires users to restart their machines to reconnect the drive. The issue is...

In a recent disclosure, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC) revealed that an April 2023 ransomware attack compromised the sensitive data of 2,550,922 people. HPHC is a non-profit health services provider based in Massachusetts. The organization reported that the attack occurred...

Dropbox, one of the world’s leading cloud storage providers, has announced plans to use hard drives featuring heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) in its data centers.  HAMR uses a heating component attached to the hard drive actuator head assembly. By heating...

Following the invasion of Ukraine, activist group Anonymous organized numerous cyberattacks against the Russian Federation. The group’s “Operation Russia” redefined civilian cyberwarfare — and made plenty of headlines along the way.  Some of the attacks have exposed surprising weaknesses in...

According to the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA), Russian hackers have used a new malware strain, “Somnia,” to disable information technology (IT) systems in Ukraine. While the government of Ukraine has not confirmed the success of the attack,...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the arrest of Mikhail Vasliev, 33, for suspected involvement in the global LockBit ransomware attacks that have targeted hundreds of organizations over the past two years. Vasliev, who is a Russian-Canadian citizen according...

Hurricane Ian has dealt an unprecedented blow, killing at least 99 people and causing enormous property damage throughout Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. The true scope of the devastation may not be known for weeks or months to come. Datarecovery.com...

Solid-state drives offer numerous advantages for consumers: They’re faster than hard drives, more reliable (although still susceptible to failure), and more energy efficient.  However, they’re also much more expensive. According to Diskprices.com, the least expensive internal hard drives have a...

Great music can change the world — and, apparently, crash some hard drives. A recent report published by Microsoft showcases a novel issue with older laptop hard drives. Here’s the full text of the report from the National Vulnerability Database...