Will Ascenzo
Will is the lead blogger, copywriter, and copy editor for Gillware Data Recovery and Digital Forensics, and a staunch advocate against the abuse of innocent semicolons.
[Solved] Surface Pro 4 Boot Loop: What to Do When Surface Pro 4 Will Not Boot Up
Updated 1-3-2019 Does Your Surface Pro Keep Restarting? Here’s Why Your Surface Pro 4 Will Not Boot Up Usually, when a computer gets stuck in a boot loop, the problem has to do with the operating system. Some file the…
Why Do Cyberattacks and Data Breaches Happen, Anyway?
Equifax, Uber, Yahoo, Boeing, UnderArmor, MyFitnessPal, Panera, and even US power plants and gas pipelines. Private sector or public sector, big or small, it seems cyberattacks hit anywhere and everywhere. The ever-increasing news about hackers leaking data—your data—just keeps coming…
Synology DS214+ with Flashing Blue Power Light
Updated: 1/11/2019 A flashing blue power light on a Synology DS214+ NAS device is usually a symptom of a motherboard failure. When the motherboard of your PC, server, or NAS device fails, your device’s individual hardware components can no longer…
WannaCry and Global Cyber Security Threats: Y2K 2.0?
UPDATE: MARCH 29, 2018 While the initial storm from May 2017 may have long since subsided, WannaCry is still out there, still being passed around by malicious hackers. Yesterday, Boeing became the latest WannaCry victim as they fell under attack…
Ryzenfall: Another Bombshell AMD Vulnerability
Earlier this year, the IT world was rocked by the news that a devastating vulnerability affected just about every Intel processor in use today. Because the universe is a cruel place that spares nobody, AMD users had little time to…
More than Meets the Eye with USB Flash Drives
Our data recovery lab received an interesting case recently. On the surface, it looked like just an ordinary USB flash drive that had had its plug snapped off—the single most common form of data loss in USB flash drives. But…
Making Strides in APFS Data Recovery
In a recent series of articles on Gillware’s data recovery blog, our Mac data recovery expert Charles generously took some time out of his busy schedule in our data recovery lab to talk about Mac OS High Sierra and its brand-new file system, APFS (Apple File…
Intel Processor Security Issue – What You Need To Know
UPDATE 1/8/2018: Intel claims that patches for Meltdown and Spectre will be coming to 90% of CPUs in the coming week. CPU performance impacts to single users have been minor at worst so far, although some cloud providers have experienced troubles…
Gillware’s “A Christmas Carol,” Part Five: The Spirit of Backup
Previous chapter: The Ghost of Hard Drives Yet to Come Part Five: The Spirit of Backup Scrooge had returned to his own time! He felt disoriented, yanked out of time and pulled every which way buy his ghostly guests; yet…
Gillware’s “A Christmas Carol,” Part Four: The Ghost of Hard Drives Yet to Come
Previous chapter: The Ghost of Hard Drives Present Part Four: The Ghost of Hard Drives Yet to Come The third spirit appeared to Scrooge with no fanfare and not even so much as a “how do you do.” In a…
Gillware’s “A Christmas Carol,” Part Three: The Ghost of Hard Drives Present
Previous chapter: The Ghost of Hard Drives Past Part Three: The Ghost of Hard Drives Present Scrooge hardly had time to rest and recuperate when the second awaited spirit appeared before him. Or, rather, fell directly on top of his…
Gillware’s “A Christmas Carol,” Part Two: The Ghost of Hard Drives Past
Previous chapter: The Ghost of Marley Part Two: The Ghost of Hard Drives Past Scrooge thought the haunting words of his deceased ex-partner were, of course, drivel, and resolved to set an appointment with his doctor as soon as he…