You Need to Do More Than Delete Files on an External Drive to Make Them Permanently Disappear

There’s a trick to thoroughly wiping all your data before you junk your old external solid state drive—or even computer.

The Ghosts of Your Files Haunt Old, Erased Hard Drives. Here’s How to Exorcise Them.

Before you junk your old computer or external solid state drive, here’s how to thoroughly wipe all your data, because it’s ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Your deleted files haunt old hard drives, here's how to purge them

Deleting a file on a computer rarely means it is gone. On traditional hard drives and many solid-state drives, what ...
MUO on MSN

This is what happens to a file when you delete it from your SSD

Deleting a file means it should be gone for good. That's why most people assume that when you delete a file and then remove ...

Petco cyber breach affects customer SSNs, DOBs, other private data

Petco stated it located the problem internally and "immediately took steps to correct the issue and to remove the files from ...
JD Supra

To File or Not to File: Contesting IEEPA Tariffs in Court

Dozens of importers have filed suit in the Court of International Trade (CIT) to preserve their rights to tariff refunds, citing concerns that ...
CNET

Charging Your Phone on a Public USB Could Expose It to Juice Jacking. Is It Really a Threat?

USB cables have a split personality. They deliver power, and some carry data on a separate set of pins. The data pins create the risk. When you plug in to a public USB port, you’re connecting your ...
The Washington Informer

The Collins D.C. Council Report: Ranked-Choice Voting, Youth Programming, Recreation Centers, and Streatery Regulations

D.C. Council's decision to proceed with ranked-choice voting without a needs assessment and other legislative updates ...

Videos Said to Show Boat-Strike Survivors Waving From Overturned Hull

Mr. Trump will attend the 2026 men’s World Cup draw on Friday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in ...

Justice Department expands legal action against states that have refused its demands for voter data

The Justice Department on Tuesday sued six more states in its ongoing campaign to obtain detailed voter data and other ...

How to buy a used Mac and not get ripped off

Buying a used Mac can be a great deal. But, if you don't check carefully, you might inherit someone else's issues or just get ...
Infosecurity Magazine

DeadLock Ransomware Uses BYOVD to Evade Security Measures

A custom loader initiated the vulnerable driver, located targeted endpoint detection services then issued kernel-level commands to kill them. After this, a PowerShell script escalated privileges, shut ...