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Cloud-based databases need new approaches to ensure data security

Interest and adoption of cloud-based databases is ramping up as more companies see the value of moving from traditional on-premise IT infrastructures to off-premise cloud …

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Compromised: 339 million AdultFriendFinder users

Friend Finder Networks, the company that operates sites like Adultfriendfinder.com (“World’s largest sex & swinger community”), and Cams.com …

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Millions of job seekers’ info exposed via easily accessible database backups

A data leak has exposed sensitive information about millions of job seekers that used global recruitment firm Michael Page. The leak has once again been revealed to the …

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Database containing info of 1.5 million online daters found leaking

Sensitive personal information of some 1.5 million users of several dating/cheating websites and apps has been found to be accessible via the Internet. This information …

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MySQL 0-day could lead to total system compromise

Researcher Dawid Golunski has discovered multiple severe vulnerabilities affecting the popular open source database MySQL and its forks (e.g. MariaDB, Percona). One of these …

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Mail.ru, Funcom gaming forums hacked, user databases stolen

Vulnerabilities in older versions of the popular vBulletin Internet forum software are being exploited left and right, and data of millions of forum users is being pilfered …

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Ubuntu Forums hacked again, 2 million users exposed

Canonical’s Ubuntu Forums have been hacked, and the attacker has managed to access and download part of the Forums database, containing usernames, email addresses and …

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World-Check crime and terror database exposed online

Security researcher Chris Vickery, who has become well-known for unearthing databases that should not be accessible via the Internet but are, has found another one that …

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154 million US voter records exposed following hack

MacKeeper security researcher Chris Vickery has discovered yet another database containing voter profiles of US citizens, accessible to anyone who stumbled upon it or knew …

Most organizations still lack visibility into database assets

Only 19 percent of organizations have what the organization considers to be “excellent” visibility into their data and database assets, according to Osterman …

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Lack of backup tech hinders next-generation database adoption

While there is immediate and increasing interest in evolving infrastructure to support distributed, scale-out databases and cloud databases, a lack of robust backup and …

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US passport and visa database open to intrusion?

The Consular Consolidated Database (CCD), which contains over 290 million passport-related records, 184 million visa records, and 25 million records on US citizens living …

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