database security

MariaDB Enterprise: Security at every level in the database
MariaDB announced MariaDB Enterprise Spring 2016. New capabilities defend data against application and network-level attacks, support faster development of high-performance …

Sensitive child profiles, private messages exposed online
Security researcher Chris Vickery has discovered another database containing sensitive user data exposed online (i.e. accessible via Internet). Leveraging Shodan, he unearthed …

DB Networks launches Layer 7 Database Sensor
DB Networks introduced a product that provides OEM partners with real-time deep protocol analysis of database traffic. By integrating this technology into their products, …

PostgreSQL 9.5: Row level security, Big Data and UPSERT
PostgreSQL 9.5 adds UPSERT capability, Row Level Security, and multiple Big Data features, which will broaden the user base for the world’s most advanced database. …
End-to-end encrypted database ZeroDB is now open source
ZeroDB, an end-to-end encrypted database whose release was announced earlier this year, is now open source. Developers MacLane Wilkison and Michael Egorov changed the license …
Database of 70 million prisoner phone calls breached, leaked
A vast collection containing metadata of over 70 million records of phone calls placed by prisoners to at least 37 US states and links to actual recordings for each call has …
600TB of data exposed due to misconfigured MongoDB instances
Shodan, the search engine that lets users find devices connected to the Internet, can be used for a number of different things. As its creator, John Matherly, pointed out, …
New Drupal versions fix admin account hijack flaw
New versions of popular open source content management system Drupal are out, and fix a series of vulnerabilities, including a critical one that can result in an attacker …
Static encryption keys affect SAP security
Yesterday, Dmitry Chastukhin, Director of Professional Services at ERPScan, presented a report on the latest SAP security trends at the Black Hat Sessions conference in the …
Top cyber attack vectors for critical SAP systems
SAP is run by over 250,000 customers worldwide, including 98 percent of the 100 most valued brands. Despite housing an organization’s most valuable and sensitive information, …

Making password databases impossible to steal
A new technology, called Blind Hashing, that prevents offline password attacks by making databases impossible to steal, has been introduced at RSA Conference 2015 by start-up …
Tens of thousands MongoDB databases easily accessible from the Internet
A group of students from Saarland University’s Center for IT-Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA) have discovered tens of thousands MongoDB databases accessible …
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