Wildfires have ravaged three of Hawaii’s islands, exacerbated by drought and high winds from Hurricane Dora.  Maui, in particular, has suffered fallout. Communities in North Kohala, South Kohala and Kual have seen widespread damage, and at least 36 people have...

Data recovery software providers often make unsubstantiated claims about their products — and for some consumers, those claims lead to permanent data loss.  In other articles, we’ve discussed the potential dangers of using software to treat file corruption, restore...

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...

The infamous “blue screen of death” (or BSOD) occurs when the Microsoft Windows operating system (OS) must shut down or restart unexpectedly.  Contrary to its name, a BSOD doesn’t mean the “death” of your computer (or your data). It simply...

To address a ransomware attack, it’s vital to identify the attack vector. That’s not always easy: Ransomware groups may go to great lengths to hide their methods, particularly during targeted attacks.  However, the vast majority of incidents can be traced...

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...

The master boot record (MBR) is a boot sector on a storage device that contains information about how the device is partitioned.  The MBR also contains instructions for locating the operating system (OS). The computer accesses the MBR, then follows...

Hard drives store data magnetically — the read/write heads float above platters, which are disks coated with a thin layer of magnetic material.  The actuator heads rely on magnetism, so it’s logical to wonder whether another magnet could interfere with...

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...