At Datarecovery.com, we operate four full-service laboratories to maintain the industry’s highest success rates for RAID arrays, hard drives, solid-state drives, and various other data storage technologies. We routinely recover cases that have been dismissed as “unrecoverable” by other firms,...

Ransomware works by encrypting key files and databases, preventing organizations from accessing them — but lost data is not the only potential result of a ransomware infection. Many ransomware groups are now selling stolen data online using the dark web...

Fortinet FortiGuard Labs has identified a new piece of ransomware that encrypts files while presenting fake Microsoft Windows updates and Word installers. The ransomware, nicknamed “Big Head,” is likely distributed via phishing. Victims are tricked into downloading an update for...

Ransomware remains an enormous threat for businesses of all sizes, and enterprises are particularly popular targets.  When an attack occurs, you need to ensure business continuity. Unfortunately, most organizations haven’t taken the necessary steps: New research from Cohesity indicates that...

The State Department is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information related to the activities of the CL0p Ransomware Gang, a notorious group of cyber actors believed to be responsible for recent attacks. In a tweet, the...

A new study indicates that paying for ransomware isn’t a reliable option for disaster recovery. Veeam’s 2023 Data Protections Trends Report found that a shocking 85% of organizations had faced at least one cyberattack in the last year. Among ransomware...

A new ransomware variant targets Zimbra servers — but doesn’t demand a direct payment for decryption.  The ransomware, dubbed MalasLocker by BleepingComputer, began affecting Zimbra users in March 2023. It encrypts emails, adding a message that reads:  This file...

If you’re hit by ransomware, you’re certainly not alone. By one estimate, 2,708 ransomware attacks occurred from April 2022 to March 2023 — but since many attacks aren’t reported, the true number is much, much higher. When a ransomware infection...

RTM (Read The Manual) Group is a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) organization that has attacked businesses in the United States and other countries. Like most ransomware groups, RTM gains access to target systems through phishing, software vulnerabilities, or other attack vectors, then...

Ransomware continues to disrupt public organizations, businesses, and private computer users, and the trend isn’t showing signs of stopping. Over the past several years, malicious actors have attacked thousands of targets, and by one estimate, ransomware was involved in 25% ...