A 5-year study on the Ransomware Economy found that 30,515 exposed databases were hit by ransom attacks, causing massive damage despite victims never paying. Database extortion doesn’t look like the ransomware stories that usually grab headlines. There’s no slick branding, no leak-site countdown, no gang posting memes on Telegram. In most cases, there’s just a…
Tag: databases
AI, Apps, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Risk Management
Fired employee sought AI help to hide deletion of hosting firm’s customer data
The apparent revenge deletion of US federal databases after the dismissal of twin brothers from an online hosting company is another reminder to IT and HR leaders that tough off-boarding procedures have to be implemented to prevent insider attacks. Destructive attacks either from disgruntled current or former employees aren’t new. But the conviction by a…
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
Zara data breach exposed personal information of 197,000 people
Hackers who gained access to the databases of Spanish fast-fashion retailer Zara stole data belonging to more than 197,000 customers, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. […]
Global Security News, Government & Policy
Former govt contractor convicted for wiping dozens of federal databases
A 34-year-old Virginia man was found guilty of conspiring to destroy dozens of government databases after getting fired from his job as a federal contractor. […]
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
AI finds 20-year-old bugs in PostgreSQL and MariaDB
Open-source databases are facing a bit of a memory problem as AI helps surface decades-old buffer overflow issues in widely used components. Security researchers have disclosed a set of high and critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting PostgreSQL and MariaDB, with two bugs reportedly tracing their roots back more than 20 years. At Wiz’s zeroday.cloud hacking event, researchers…
Global Security News
Azure SQL vs SQL Server: Which One Should You Choose for Your Next Project?
Company News: Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service.
AI, Global Security News
29 million leaked secrets in 2025: Why AI agents credentials are out of control
AI agents need credentials to work. They authenticate with LLM platforms, connect to databases, call SaaS APIs, access cloud resources, and orchestrate across dozens of external services. Every integration point requires an identity. Most organizations are handling this badly, and the evidence is in the code. GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl Report found 28,649,024 new…
AI, Cloud Security, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management, Venture
Eon Launches Ransomware Protection for Cloud Databases
As enterprises move critical workloads to managed cloud databases, a growing ransomware recovery gap is emerging across modern cloud infrastructure. Eon is aiming to close that gap with new ransomware protection designed specifically for managed cloud database environments. The new capability expands Eon’s ransomware protection suite and focuses on detecting corruption and restoring trusted data…
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
LeakBase cybercrime forum with 142,000 users taken down in global operation
LeakBase, an open-web cybercrime forum facilitating the trade of leaked databases and “stealer logs” containing stolen credentials, has been taken down in an international law enforcement operation coordinated by Europol and involving authorities from 14 countries. Police in action (Source: Europol) Active since 2021, LeakBase hosted a large archive of breached databases and compromised credentials…