By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering As if the ransomware extortionists haven’t done enough damage already, today we are seeing a scheme in which victims are encouraged to infect their friends’ computers instead of paying the ransom. The new ransomware virus, known as Popcorn Time, offers the infected user the…
One of the first iPhone 7 recoveries ever done in the world involved a device sent to DriveSavers after it went overboard on a trip to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. The newest iPhone is advertised as water-resistant*, but this one could not survive the November 8, 2016 dunking…
Par Mike Cobb, directeur de l'ingénierie Si vous avez la malchance d'avoir affaire à un périphérique de stockage de données défaillant (smartphone, tablette, carte mémoire, disque dur, etc.), quelles sont les choses les plus importantes à savoir avant de contacter une société de récupération de données pour obtenir l'aide dont vous avez besoin ? Un site web élégant peut...
By Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer Data breaches have become an almost predictable problem with banks, major retailers and other businesses around the world, including last month’s news that more than 500 million Yahoo accounts may have been compromised. Properly protecting your personal information greatly reduces the risk of…
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 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…
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