During the startup process, certain HP, Dell, and Lenovo computers may present a “hard disk failure is imminent” error message. As you might expect, this is a serious symptom — and if you’re looking for fast answers, you should immediately...

FixedFloat, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, has confirmed an attack that compromised millions of dollars in Ether and Bitcoin.

A group of researchers has released a free recovery tool for data encrypted by Rhysida ransomware.  The Rhysida ransomware variant appeared towards the beginning of 2023 and spread quickly, primarily targeting education, healthcare, manufacturing, government, and information technology (IT) sectors....

Your computer might present the following error message when failing to boot its operating system:  “Reboot and Select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key.” This error message is fairly self explanatory:...

Seagate Technology has announced a new hard drive architecture utilizing a “nanophotonic laser,” which leverages heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology to allow for extremely high capacities.  HAMR isn’t brand-new tech, and many other manufacturers are experimenting with similar lasers. If...

White Phoenix is an open-source ransomware decryption tool, intended for use with larger files encrypted by the Play ransomware group and other ransomware variants that use intermittent encryption. The tool is available on GitHub here, and it’s both free...

One of the most common questions that we receive goes something like this:“Can you repair my hard drive — and if so, can I keep using it?” There are two answers here. First: Yes, hard drives can be repaired...

In a report from software company Veeam, 75% of businesses said that they’d dealt with ransomware or malware attacks in 2023. The attacks were cited as the most common cause of technology outages, and many organizations were subjected to multiple...

If you need data recovery, but you can’t quite afford it, you might consider putting your hard drive (or solid state drive, or other device) into storage until you’re able to get the money together.  Clients often ask us whether...

For years, “unsafely ejecting” a USB flash drive was a serious misstep — one that could lead to corruption and permanent data loss — but in 2024, it’s not as big of an issue.  Here’s why: Operating systems have implemented...