Ransomware attacks Android phones

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts the user’s data and demands a fee, or ransom, for returning access to the data. It is very lucrative for criminals as many victims give in and pay to...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

How much data can be recovered?

At Ontrack, our experienced team of engineers will always do what they can to recover your required data. There are a few factors which affect our chances of recovering data from a device, and...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

What you need to know about Android’s ‘factory reset’ function

Upgrading your Android device? Are you still sporting an HTC Dream (Google G1) or a tablet running Android Honeycomb? Probably not, as technological obsolescence means that as mobile devices have...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

RAID 5 data recovery for tropical resort

When Uprising Beach Resort in Fiji experienced a problem with their RAID configured server, they knew that they had to act quickly. Uprising Beach Resort’s IBM server with a RAID 5 comprising of 5...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

Agent 001 leaves no trace

“Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen; you can never have too much.” - T. Pynchon The amount of electronic information out there is overwhelming. You might think that your data is a safe needle in...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

Data Erasure – The End of the Data Lifecycle

In last week’s blog we discussed data encryption and data security. Encryption is just one area of data security and data security rolls up into the larger category of data management. What do you...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

Help! Data Recovery from Mobile Devices

What starts out as a quick update or installation of a new app on your smartphone or tablet suddenly ends with nothing working and all of your photos, texts, contacts, etc. gone. Or you have a...

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