DriveSavers was the first company to recover data from a failed iPhone and we’re ready to help if you lose anything important on the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus that were released in September. Our engineers have already torn apart the new phone to document all of the…
By Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you are already familiar with phishing emails from an article we posted earlier this year, Don’t Get Caught by Phishing or Other Email Attacks. Phishing is a tactic used by criminals to disguise themselves in…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Keeping your data safe and out of harm’s way can make all the difference when recovering from a disaster. Accounting and project files can get a business back up and running. Family photos and videos can help bring back laughter and a sense of…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Digital photography offers a fast and convenient way for photographers to accomplish their work. However, with convenience comes the extra task of managing camera cards and unlimited numbers of digital images. Add to the list the very real possibility of a hard drive crash or…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Pokémon Go, the smartphone game that became an overnight worldwide sensation, may be more than a cute time-waster. It could provide cybercriminals with an entry point to your business and personal files. Corporate security directors were already wringing their hands over employees who mix…
By Rene Novoa, Manager of eDiscovery and Digital Forensics The recent FBI probe into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s private email likely mirrored eDiscovery tactics used by DriveSavers when processing electronically stored information (ESI) and digital evidence for law firms, corporations, government agencies, educational institutions and individuals. As an eDiscovery…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineer Many businesses and organizations of all sizes rely on redundant arrays of independent disks (RAIDs). These systems distribute data and parity across a set of disks, protecting files held on the array against the failure of any individual disk. Unfortunately, even these redundant systems…
How many people do you know that have dropped their phone in water? Chances are you know at least two or three. If the data on a water-logged phone is backed up, then the data is safe. Just buy another phone, restore data from the backup and the new phone…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Ransomware is a quickly growing problem. There were nearly 2,500 cases of ransomware reported to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2015 alone, and victims paid over 1.6 million dollars to unlock their data. 2016 is shaping up to show even larger…
By Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer If you operate a small company, you may not think your information is valuable enough to be hacked, but you’re wrong. Hackers love small businesses because many do not properly protect their data, making them easier targets to hit. If you are not…
