data integrity

Take a moment to imagine an industrial control room—the hum of hardware, the glow of screens, reams of data painting the story of a power plant, factory, or water treatment facility in real time. Now, imagine the unsung heroes at the center of it all: Yokogawa recorder products. For engineers...

The Compelling Case for TeraCopy: Why This File Transfer Tool Wins for External Drives Transferring files—especially large volumes—between devices can be a mundane task, but it’s one that can quickly become a nightmare when things go wrong. From sluggish speeds to corrupted files and unexpected...

Microsoft's New ReFS File System: What It Means for Windows Windows has long relied on the NTFS file system, a durable workhorse that has powered fixed drives on PCs for decades. However, Microsoft is now signaling a potential shift with the introduction of ReFS—the Resilient File...

EdbMails Office 365 Migration Software emerges as a robust solution in the fast-evolving realm of business email migrations. As organizations look to streamline operations, every second matters—especially when moving vital data like mailboxes, calendars, and contacts across robust platforms such...

The Microsoft Office OneNote application, beloved for its seamless note-taking and organizational prowess, now faces scrutiny with the disclosure of CVE-2025-29822—a security feature bypass vulnerability that highlights how even the smallest code oversight can create significant risks in widely...

Microsoft’s latest experiment in file system technology is stirring up quite the buzz among Windows insiders. In the recently tested Insider build 27823 – affectionately known as the Canary build – Microsoft has introduced a flexible storage option that lets users choose between the venerable...

Hitachi Energy UNEM/ECST Vulnerability Exposes Critical Data Risks Hitachi Energy has issued an important security advisory concerning several of its industrial control products. In a report that impacts UNEM, ECST, and XMC20 systems, a vulnerability resulting from improper validation of...

Network-Attached Storage (NAS) solutions are evolving rapidly—yet the drive for convenience sometimes leads users to repurpose a familiar general-purpose OS like Windows for NAS duties. A recent article on XDA Developers titled 5 Reasons You Shouldn't Use Windows as a NAS OS (by Adam Conway)...

On November 12, 2024, a critical vulnerability was identified in the SQL Server Native Client that poses a significant security risk to systems utilizing this technology. This vulnerability, cataloged as CVE-2024-49009, can potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected...

On October 8, 2024, a pressing security advisory surfaced regarding an exploitable vulnerability in Power BI Report Server, identified as CVE-2024-43612. While we may not have all the publications yet, this development warrants the attention of every Windows user, particularly those operating...

CVE-2024-43481: Exploiting Spoofing Vulnerabilities in Power BI Report Server In an era where data visualization and reporting are pivotal for business intelligence, any vulnerability in tools like Microsoft Power BI Report Server is a cause for concern. With the recent announcement of...

Introduction Let's dive into what this process entails, why it's still relevant, and how it embodies broader issues in technology use and energy consumption. What It Means to Shut Down Your PC Shutting down your PC is a straightforward process. It's one of the first things most of us learn when...

Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice on securing our Storage Area Network (SAN) within a Windows environment to prevent unauthorized access and ensure data integrity. We’re using an iSCSI SAN with Windows Server 2019, and our primary concerns are: Access Control: Best practices for using Active...

The recent discovery of a critical security flaw in Windows operating systems has sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity community. Cybersecurity firm Fortra has identified a vulnerability that can lead to the notorious Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on fully updated Windows 10 and 11 computers...

Overview A critical vulnerability affecting Windows 10, Windows 11, and all server versions of Microsoft's operating systems has recently come to light. Despite Microsoft's updates, a new Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) glitch, identified as CVE-2024-6768, threatens to disrupt millions of systems...

In recent discussions within the Windows community, many users have wondered whether it is indeed possible to run Windows 11 on a Master Boot Record (MBR) partition. The straightforward answer is no. Windows 11 mandates the use of a GUID Partition Table (GPT) configuration for installation. This...

I was unable to add files to one specific folder on a Blu-ray disc. Later, there was a zero-byte file dated 1974-07-25 that would result in error 0x80070570 when trying to rename it in Windows Explorer. Trying to open it with Notepad or through the "type" command inside CMD results in an error...

I have a large 12gb .zip file that I downloaded locally. I started an upload to a network folder via a VPN connection off site. The connection is not fast so this would take 20-30min to fully upload. I canceled at 2% and decided to wait until another time to upload this file. The strange thing...

I've renamed photos within a folder many times without a problem but today I noticed that 2 or 3 photos had been given the same number. Eg. Pix 01, pix01, pix01 , pix02, pix02, pix02 etc The photos in each are different, intact and can be opened OK. Wondering how this can actually happen and...

Original release date: February 18, 2020 Summary Note: This Activity Alert uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK™) framework. See the MITRE ATT&CK for Enterprise and Link Removed frameworks for all referenced threat actor techniques and mitigations. CISA...