If you’ve accidentally formatted your hard drive before backing up important data, the data may be recoverable — provided that you turn the drive off immediately. Don’t install software (including an operating system) and keep the drive powered off until...

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...

Chip-off data recovery (or chip-off forensics) refers to the process of removing the memory chips from a USB drive, smartphone, memory card, or another device that uses non-volatile flash memory. After removal, raw data can be extracted from the memory...

If your computer recognizes your flash card but presents an incorrect capacity, it’s probably due to firmware issues.  Firmware is specialized software that provides basic instructions to your computer, enabling your machine to read the target device.  If firmware becomes...

If you absolutely need data from a failed hard drive, solid-state drive, or other device, the safest course of action is to contact a professional data recovery provider. Each attempt to recover the files could exacerbate corruption or permanently erase...

If your external hard drive causes your computer to freeze, operate slowly, or fail to boot, there’s a good chance that you’re dealing with corruption of the filesystem or a physical hard drive issue. Other issues can also cause these...

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...