Data Recovery News
IRS Warns of Ransomware Hidden in Scam Email
The IRS warned that a phishing email impersonating the agency is making the rounds. The email contains emblems of both the IRS…
R&D
Guides, research, and lab notes from the Datarecovery.com laboratories
Data Loss Prevention
Hidden Tear Ransomware Still Wreaking Havoc
A Turkish computer programmer had a simple idea: create functional ransomware with backdoors and offer it for free to educate programmers. If…
Damage
Datarecovery.com Offers 35% Discount For Hurricane Harvey Flood Victims
Hurricane Harvey is expected to wreak havoc on Houston and other Texas cities on Aug. 25th. Widespread flooding is possible, and indeed,…
Damage
Seagate ST1000LM024 and ST1000LM025 Drives Appear to be Prone to Head Failures
At Datarecovery.com, we receive thousands of hard drives each month, and when we notice a specific issue with a certain model number…
Data Recovery News
Lloyd’s of London Releases Sobering Cyber Attack Risk Report
Lloyd's of London, a renowned insurance marketplace, has released a 56-page report detailing possible outcomes of an extreme cyber attack. Lloyd's sought…
Data Loss Prevention
Petya Ransomware Infection And Decryption Services
A Petya ransomware variant has swept through Europe in a fashion reminiscent of the WannaCry attacks of May 12, 2017. Like WannaCry,…
Article
GOP Research Firm Exposes Personal Details of 198 Million Voters
The personal details of close to 200 million registered U.S. voters were exposed due to a misconfigured database. A Republican National Committee-funded…
Data Loss Prevention
Hidden Tear Ransomware Infection and Decryption Services
Hidden Tear ransomware is an open-source malware program published by its developer for educational purposes. Though the author has since taken the…
Data Loss Prevention
WannaCrypt Ransomware Infection and Decryption Services
WannaCrypt ransomware (also known as WannaCry and WanaCrpt0r 2.0) is the latest malware to make headlines by infecting more than 200,000 computers…
Media
Why Datarecovery.com Recommends JetStor Storage Solutions
When you're storing and accessing large amounts of important data, custom hardware is extremely advantageous. To that end, many of our RAID…
Data Loss Prevention
Merry X-Mas Ransomware Infection And Decryption Services
Merry X-Mas ransomware started infecting computers worldwide in early January 2017. The fact that Russia celebrates Christmas on January 7 has led…
Data Recovery Knowledge
What is the TRIM Command on Solid State Drives?
The TRIM command allows solid-state drives (SSDs) to function efficiently. An operating system tells the SSD that blocks of data aren't in…
Data Recovery News
St. Louis Public Library Grinds to a Halt Due to Ransomware Attack
The potential threat of a ransomware attack became a reality for the St. Louis Public Library on Jan. 19. Hackers took down…
Need help with data recovery?
Get a free evaluation and quote. No data, no charge.
Start data recovery