Examine the similarities and differences between Windows security and SQL Server security and you'll find that most of the concepts you already know from managing a network will map quite nicely into ...

UPDATE: The story that originally got my attention has been updated in all of the places I could still find it yesterday, so I’m pulling my references to the story and just focusing on the positive ...

I have worked with SQL Server for many years now, back to Sybase SQL Server days and there has always been confusion over Logins and Users. Even though they typically use the same name they are ...

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part in ...

This article explains how to repair the MDF file using the native repair methods and how to use a Reliable MDF file Repair ...

Thirty-one-year-old Laurie Love is currently staring down the possibility of 99 years in prison. Love was recently told he’ll face extradition to the US, where he stands accused of attacking systems ...

Attackers are hacking into poorly secured and Interned-exposed Microsoft SQL (MS-SQL) servers to deploy Trigona ransomware payloads and encrypt all files. The MS-SQL servers are being breached via ...

Unfortunately for them, I have configured Kerberos delegation to a SQL Server many times (mainly for IIS applications or SSRS reports), so I know they have no idea what they are talking about. It ...

Researchers have spotted a new threat actor targeting organizations in the Asia-Pacific region with SQL injection attacks using nothing more than publicly available, open source penetration-testing ...