Microsoft delivered fixes for issues affecting everything from Windows to Office, .NET, and SQL Server, and several patches that should be deployed ASAP.

A Virginia software contractor deleted nearly 100 US government databases within minutes of being fired, with his twin brother watching and coaching him through it.

Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, now both 34, had been in trouble before. Back in 2015, the brothers pled guilty in Virginia to a scheme involving wire fraud and computers. Muneeb was sentenced to three ...

Abstract: Many cloud databases provide fine-grained regular snapshots and sparsely deleted snapshots based on importance, and dynamically maintain large-scale snapshots to ensure data security and ...

Considering internal scripts for data masking? Here’s what the journey might look like. It’s hard to avoid the need to use production data in other contexts, but much like King Tantalus 1 we often ...

A Dutch cybersecurity outfit says its lead researcher recently stumbled upon a 4TB+ SQL Server backup file belonging to EY exposed to the web, effectively leaking the accounting and consulting ...

Abstract: To prevent data loss and damage in MySQL database for a variety of causes, to ensure the normal and efficient operation of information systems and websites based on MySQL databases, this ...

March 31 is recognized as World Backup Day. This specific day serves as a reminder of the importance of backing up data and protecting it from theft and loss. As World Backup Day is officially here, ...

People now gather more digital content than ever, from family snapshots to important financial documents. Laptops, phones, and external devices hold these valuable memories and records. Data loss from ...

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