Hackers broke into databases, snatch their content, hold it for ransom for 9 days, and then sell it to the highest bidder. If the DB owner does not want to pay the ransom demand. For a price of just $550/database, more than 85,000 SQL databases are listed for sale on Continue Reading
Nefarious local users are likely to exploit shared memory flaw that IBM fixed in its Db2 data management products, leading to information disclosure. Tracked as CVE-2020-4414, the flaw was exposed by researchers from Trustwave, which is caused by the dearth of overt memory protections for the shared memory used by Db2 Continue Reading
Fortinet has issued fixes this month to eliminate two backdoor accounts from FortiSIEM, the company’s SIEM product. SIEM, which stands for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), is a type of software used by cyber-security teams. Owing to the delicate nature of the data processed by a SIEM product and Continue Reading
Technology company Wyze has said a server leak has unearthed the details of nearly 2.4 million customers. The leak happened after an internal database was unintentionally uncovered online, Wyze co-founder Dongsheng Song said. Song said the uncovered database was not a production system; nevertheless, the server was storing valid user Continue Reading
Current vulnerabilities in the SQLite database engine impact a wide range of applications and their software packages that use it as a part. SQLite is a relational database management system used by a broad range of projects such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Windows 10, and other well-known programs. All Continue Reading
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