Eight universities within Canada and the UK have been affected by the recent hacking of Blackbaud. Blackbaud is the world’s largest provider of administrative, fundraising, and financial management software within Universities. Even though Blackbaud was hacked back in May of this year, they only disclosed the hack in July. Even though Blackbaud paid the ransom…
With heightened panic regarding the coronavirus, the Trojan FormBook is sending emails impersonating the World Health Organization regarding COVID-19 outbreak. This comes after other phishing campaigns from AzorUlt and Emotet took advantage of the public health emergency and preyed on individuals in the United States and UK. FormBook is an information-stealing Trojan and will inject…
More than a decade after its release, Windows 7 support ended on January 14, 2020. This means that the OS will no longer be receiving security updates. Those using Windows 7 are left exposed to many attacks, including Malware and Ransomware. You may be asking, what can I do? There are a few options available….
As we enter 2020, it’s a great time to acknowledge the strides Horizon DataSys has made while also looking inwards to focus development and find new ways to further enhance our award winning instant restore software, Reboot Restore Rx, and our Windows Time Machine software, RollBack Rx. As always, we’re extremely grateful for your continued…
Our Community Forum has migrated over to Reddit for all future message board related needs. With a history of vulnerabilities on vBulletin and the desire to reach a larger audience; we are moving to an already well-established and user friendly platform. Much like our original Community Forum, the subreddit r/HorizonDataSys will feature news, articles, announcements,…
We here at Horizon DataSys believe that RollBack Rx is the best tool for keeping machines and their data protected from various computing threats Fortunately, we’re not the only ones. Twitch streamer, Kitboga focuses on content highlighting various scams and how to combat them. It made sense for Horizon DataSys to work with Kitboga, and…
Recently, Microsoft recalled it’s October 2018 Update due to early adopters reporting that the update results in loss of data. This is serious enough that Microsoft has delayed the public release of the update. In a statement, Microsoft says:“We have paused the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (Version 1809) for all users…
Fans of RollBack Rx Pro are in for a pleasant surprise. We’ve just released the long awaited Version 11. This new major version is full of enhancements and new features designed to make our award winning instant time machine software even better. With Version 11, we’ve incorporated customer feedback as well as our own observations…
Although Ransomware has been on the rise for some time now, the hackers behind such Ransomware attacks are getting wiser to both proactive and reactive measures to ensure that machines are kept clean. Now we’re seeing a rise in pinpoint accurate attacks. Where before Ransomware would attempt a general infection of your system, with some…
It was great meeting hundreds of IT professionals and tech gurus in the show and showcase our instant recovery software, Rollback Rx. We also had our staple “Crash and Win an Xbox” Contest which was immensely popular throughout the show! For those of you who are unfamiliar with the contest, here are the Rules. The…