github is insisting on 2FA, with no recovery if you lose recovery keys. Does their app on the same phone help at all if the phone is lost?

Github has just insisted on 2FA, and promptly warns that if you lose your phone, you will lose your access forever if you don’t have the access recovery keys. For me, this is a bigger risk than someone attacking me. I can easily envision m… Continue reading github is insisting on 2FA, with no recovery if you lose recovery keys. Does their app on the same phone help at all if the phone is lost?

Can Cellebrite be used to access any phone by the government? What is the point of encryption if they can get into any phone?

I’m currently studying forensics, and one thing that keeps coming up is the authorities breaking into phones.
There are several third party tools they can use, but one of the most popular is ‘Cellebrite’.
My understanding of this device wa… Continue reading Can Cellebrite be used to access any phone by the government? What is the point of encryption if they can get into any phone?

I have a 4 TB WD Green Drive. It clicks 4 times, then a pause, then 1 more click, but it won’t mount [migrated]

I have a 4.0 TB WD Green drive. It was in an enclosure as part of a WD My Book or something like that. It failed on me so I took it out of the enclosure and put it in a new one. I plugged it into my MacBook and it had no partitions and the… Continue reading I have a 4 TB WD Green Drive. It clicks 4 times, then a pause, then 1 more click, but it won’t mount [migrated]

Is Rapid Data Recovery the Best Hope Australia Has for a Win Against Ransomware?

The success of cyber attacks in Australia could make an “assume-breach” approach to cyber security inevitable and cause IT teams to shift their focus to protecting data backups at all costs. Continue reading Is Rapid Data Recovery the Best Hope Australia Has for a Win Against Ransomware?

Is Rapid Data Recovery the Best Hope Australia Has for a Win Against Ransomware?

The success of cyber attacks in Australia could make an “assume-breach” approach to cyber security inevitable and cause IT teams to shift their focus to protecting data backups at all costs. Continue reading Is Rapid Data Recovery the Best Hope Australia Has for a Win Against Ransomware?

One simple way to cut ransomware recovery costs in half

Whichever way you look at the data, it is considerably cheaper to use backups to recover from a ransomware attack than to pay the ransom. The median recovery cost for those that use backups is half the cost incurred by those that paid the ransom, according to a recent study. Similarly, the mean recovery cost […]

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