Category Archives: Hard Drive Data Recovery

Flaws in Popular Self-Encrypting SSDs Let Attackers Decrypt Data

We all have something to hide, something to protect. But if you are also relying on self-encrypting drives for that, then you should read this news carefully.Security researchers have discovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in some of the popular self-encrypting solid state drives (SSD) that could allow an attacker to decrypt disk encryption and recover protected data without knowing

Attackers Can Use Sonic and Ultrasonic Signals to Crash Hard Drives

Researchers have demonstrated how sonic and ultrasonic signals (inaudible to human) can be used to cause physical damage to hard drives just by playing ultrasonic sounds through a target computer's own built-in speaker or by exploiting a speaker near the targeted device.Similar research was conducted last year by a group of researchers from Princeton and Purdue University, who demonstrated a