An alternative for repairing STOP Djvu encrypted photos
jpeg-repair.org is a viable option for those who wish to repair photos encrypted by STOP Djvu ransomware, and value time over money.
Repair MP4, MOV, 3GP, M4V, WAV, MP3 after STOP/DJVU ransomware
As most ransomware STOP/DJVU encrypts files to make them inaccessible. After you pay the ransom (in bitcoins), the attackers send the tools and information needed to decrypt your files and make them accessible again. The encryption is very hard to ‘break’ but ransomware researcher every now and then have success creating decryption software. Some time… Read More »
These 9 Sony memory cards might corrupt your files
Sony has issued a product advisory warning for nine of its SD memory cards, across three different product lines, that might damage your data. The cards, listed below, are at risk of corrupting your files when recording video, according to Sony: SF-M Series SF-M64 SF-M128 SF-M256 (Applicable cards can be identified by the presence of… Read More »
Accidentally deleted pictures from SSD. Recovered but they’re corrupted.
Case study, Story goes like: Accidentally deleted some pictures. Recovered them but they’re corrupted. Anyway to fix it? “I used Recuva to recover a good chunk of my pictures that were deleted but it seems that even though the file was recovered I can’t view its contents? Any program that helps with this? They were… Read More »
Media-Repair. Small repair tool for MP3 and WAV files affected by STOP/DJVU
I am working on a small repair tool that allows you to repair MP3 and WAV files that are affected by STOP/DJVU ransomware. To test it I need files encrypted by this ransomware. To repair WAV files the tool requires a reference file: A file recorded with the same device or same software as the… Read More »
Recover deleted DCIM folder on android mobile phone (Samsung)
Original question: Help, I deleted my entire DCIM folder from mobile phone (Samsung) Micro SD Card. Can I recover my photos? A typical answer to this question in many forums and communities is, pull the SD Card from the phone and run PhotoRec. This is indeed an option, but I’m not sure if it’s the… Read More »
Recent changes to JPEG-Repair Toolkit
2.8.101 # Adds MCU clone tool To repair a JPEG you typically need to remove corrupt data which affects alignment of all data following corruption. To re-align you then insert stuff bytes (zeros) which leave a grey horizontal line. In this video I show how I use MCUs directly above the grey line to replace… Read More »
Unstable SD card with bad sectors data recovery – freezing, locks up, read errors, disconnects
Recovering your precious photos from a SD card can be challenging enough after accidental file deletion or formatting. Recovering data from an unstable SD Card may prove to even more difficult. Recovering data from an unstable SD Card Many file, photo and data recovery tools available focus on file recovery. Their efforts focus on discovery… Read More »
Nikon RAW NEF and STOP DJVU ransomware
It turns out, RAW Nikon files (NEF) are easier to ‘repair’ even than RAW Canon files. I will expand this post this week, and add a video, but full resolution JPEGs can be extracted from corrupt NEF files affected by STOP DJVU without the trickery required to repair Canon CR2 files. It appears the full… Read More »
Leapp refurbished iPhone 8 – Binnen maand stuk (Dutch article)
Leapp refurbished iPhone 8 = als nieuw (niet!) De hel genaamd Leapp.nl .. Tsja, het lijkt een sympathiek idee. Een 2e hands iPhone, echter helemaal nagekeken en met garantie. Ik heb zelf niets met iPhone or Apple, maar het is een mode-ding onder tieners, dus dochterlief wil er een. Een refurbished iPhone lijkt de ideale… Read More »