McAfee, a security technology company, is offering a free downloadable audit plug-in for MySQL databases that records full activity audits, which are often required for enterprises to satisfy certain ...

Several vulnerabilities have been found in the MySQL database system, a light database package commonly used in Linux environments but which runs also on Microsoft platforms, HP-Unix, Mac OS and more.

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MySQL data migration is a critical process for organizations looking to upgrade their database systems or move to new environments. During this transition, security concerns take center stage, as ...

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An unusual password vulnerability that makes hundreds of thousands of MySQL and MariaDB databases vulnerable to simple brute-force attacks is likely to soon start a ripple effect of increased data ...

Last weeks sophisticated bot attack against Windows installations of the MySQL database engine has fizzled after DNS (Domain Name System) service authorities shut off access to IRC servers controlling ...

MySQL servers are being targeted by the 'Ddostf' malware botnet to enslave them for a DDoS-as-a-Service platform whose firepower is rented to other cybercriminals. This campaign was discovered by ...

MySQL has issued a security update to address flaws in its client-server protocol that could allow a malicious attacker to exploit buffer overflow vulnerabilities and gain access to sensitive ...

A design flaw in the file transfer interaction between a client host and a MySQL server allows an attacker running a malicious MySQL server to get access to any data the connected client has read ...