By John Ahearne, Forensic Analyst This article is part of a series that delves into each step of the digital forensic process. If you missed one of the previous articles, you can read them at the links below: Introduction Identification Preservation / Collection Analysis of Digital Evidence Forensic digital analysis…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering In a cloud-based data storage business, there is no actual magic cloud. Storage drives are housed in data centers where technicians maintain and protect copies of important customer information for a fee. For the past four years, Backblaze, a U.S.-based cloud data storage company,…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Wine country in California is currently overcome with a series of fifteen wildfires that began late Sunday evening, October 8, and continue to burn across Sonoma, Napa and Lake counties. High winds of fifty miles per hour fed the fires, which grew into a…
By Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer Founded in 1899, Equifax is the oldest of the three largest credit agencies along with the other two being Experian and TransUnion. These companies offer credit and demographic data and services to businesses. They also sell credit monitoring and fraud-prevention services directly to…
By Will DeLisi, NAND Flash Recovery Specialist iOS 11, Apple’s newest operating system for the iPhone and iPad, is ready for action. Before upgrading, however, there are some important steps to follow. Step 1: Back Up Your iOS Device First, back up everything important on the device. It’s important. Why?…
By guest writer Jarrod Rice, Content Marketing Manager for OWC It’s not if… it’s when. No matter which type of HDD you pick up to store your valuable data or how well you take care of it, it will eventually fail. It’s a fact that Backblaze knows intimately. The online…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering If you are located in the path of Hurricane Harvey, we hope that you, your family and coworkers are safe. With severe flooding in Texas and Louisiana coming on the heels of the severe tropical storm, we’ve prepared some guidance to help protect your…
By Bob Mehr, Sr. Legal Services Advisor Technology is changing today’s legal landscape as courts grapple with a wave of electronic evidence coming from places and things that connect to the Internet. This new evidence is from sources we never imagined would be admissible, including smartphones, doorbells, virtual assistants and…
Par Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer L'attaque de logiciels malveillants qui a débuté en Europe de l'Est à la fin du mois de juin et qui s'est rapidement propagée dans le monde entier ne semble pas avoir été une attaque de rançon, mais une tentative totale de destruction de données, selon une société de sécurité qui a examiné les...
Par Michael Hall, responsable de la sécurité de l'information Le mois dernier, le ransomware connu sous le nom de WannaCry s'est répandu dans le monde entier à une vitesse stupéfiante, attaquant des centaines de milliers d'ordinateurs littéralement du jour au lendemain et demandant une rançon pour leurs données. En 2016, les ransomwares ont coûté à leurs victimes environ $1 milliard. Soit $1 milliard pour tous les...
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