07 September 2017 00:00:00 EDT
Why does your brand new USB stick have data on it?
Finding Evidence In March at the International Computer Forensics Conference, experts and law enforcement collaborators spoke of new challenges that investigators face when trying to attain proof of...
25 August 2017 00:00:00 EDT
Top 10 ways to ruin your electronic devices on a bank holiday weekend (or holidays)
Summer, sun, beach and sea - the perfect combination for a relaxing holiday for most people but not so much for our electronic companions. 1. Sun Smartphones or tablets do not tolerate sunlight very...
17 August 2017 00:00:00 EDT
How to recover your own data without data recovery software
Given that you’re reading the blog from a data recovery company, you probably already know that “deleted” data does not immediately disappear from a drive, it is simply marked for overwriting by the...
03 August 2017 00:00:00 EDT
Using Docker containers? Beware of these security risks
Docker can efficiently create, ship and run containers. A container wraps an application’s software into an invisible box with everything it needs to run. This includes the operating system,...
14 July 2017 00:00:00 EDT
A bright idea: storing data using light-based memory chips
The world's first fully light-based storage chip that can store data permanently was developed by scientists at the University of Oxford in collaboration with scientists in Exeter, plus Karlsruhe and...
26 June 2017 00:00:00 EDT
What to do when your data is corrupted
Understanding corrupt data Have you ever seen a corrupted digital picture or have you not been able to open a file inside an application due to data corruption? You are not alone. Data corruption is...
21 June 2017 00:00:00 EDT
How Ontrack recovered data from the Columbia space shuttle disaster
It’s February 1st 2003, and after 17 days in space the Columbia space shuttle is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Centre at 9:16am, marking the end of the STS-107 mission. At approximately...