Attackers could easily uncover Oracle database users' passwords because of a weak protection mechanism, putting corporate data at risk of exposure, experts have warned. In the latest critique of ...

A hacker using few resources could exploit weaknesses in Oracle Corp. databases to recover passwords, two security researchers concluded in a recent paper. The study, written by Joshua Wright of the ...

Oracle has released a tool designed to ferret out commonly used default passwords that theoretically could be misused by hackers. Called the Oracle Default Password Scanner, the software was released ...