System administrators should be patching their MySQL installations if they haven't in the last three weeks, to safeguard their database servers against three critical security flaws discovered by ...

This deep dive compares two popular open source database options, MySQL vs. PostgreSQL, across key categories including performance, compliance, security, scalability and more.

A security firm revealed today that mysql.com, the central repository for widely-used Web database software, was hacked and booby-trapped to serve visitors with malicious software. The disclosure ...

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 ...

MySQL security flaws uncovered Several vulnerabilities have been found in the MySQL database system, a light database package commonly used in Linux environments.

Malicious attackers are taking advantage of a public exploit to hijack MySQL installations on Windows.

Both technologies that are MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server are EC2 complaints and make sure that they have adequate security support for building government applications.

Security flaw in MySQL, MariaDB allows access with any password—just keep submitting it The flaw, patched in both databases, leaves some versions wide open to attackers ...

With this, you can get an encrypted TCP/IP connection between a MySQL server and a MySQL client. To make a MySQL system secure, you should strongly consider the following suggestions: Use passwords ...

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 ...