- Security
- By George Dascalu
- August 3rd, 2021
Unsecured Database Exposes Personal Data of 35M U.S. Citizens
Comparitech stumbles upon public database with personal data
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 18th, 2018
MongoDB Database with 11 Million Records Publicly Accessible
Taken offline after admins were notified
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 12th, 2018
Veeam Leaked Over 445 Million Records via Exposed Database
Database contained names, e-mails, and organization size
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 8th, 2018
390K Websites at Risk Because of Public .Git Repos
Misconfigured servers exposed database passwords, API keys
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 16th, 2017
Database with 560 Million Passwords Leaked
The database compiles multiple leaks, amassing an astonishing number of passwords, indicating it's time to change yours
- Web Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 6th, 2016
Company Behind RethinkDB Is Shutting Down, Database to Remain Open Source
RethinkDB engineers moving en masse to Stripe
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 31st, 2016
Redis Servers Targeted with Fake Ransomware
Crook deletes victim's files and then asks for money
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 7th, 2016
SQLite Vulnerability Could Expose Sensitive Data from Chrome, Firefox, More
SQLite may sometimes choose an unsecured location on the filesystem to store an application's temporary files
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 7th, 2016
Over 6,000 Redis Database Servers Ready for the Taking
Servers currently not used for anything malicious
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 15th, 2016
US Air Force Loses 100,000 Investigation Records Because of Database Error
Lockheed Martin could not recover the data, officials are now looking into bringing in specialized DB recovery firms
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 8th, 2016
RansomWeb Attacks Are Five Times More Common in 2016
Crooks love to leverage SQL injection attacks to encrypt databases and hold it up for ransom, security firm says
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 14th, 2016
Security Researcher Finds Unprotected MongoDB Database During College Lecture
When will devs ever learn to secure their MongoDB databases?
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 3rd, 2016
Recent Verizon Data Breach Was Preceded by Another Screw-Up
Researcher regrets staying silent about the incident
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 17th, 2015
Two Years Later, There Are Still 35,000 Public, Unauthenticated Instances of MongoDB
Memcached and Redis servers are in the same situation
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 10th, 2015
ZeroDB, End-to-End Encryption Database Engine, Goes Open Source
100% encrypted database decides to go open source
- Web Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 20th, 2015
Top 10 Most Popular Open Source Databases, October 2015 Edition
While Oracle is the most popular database overall, MySQL leads the open source database engines rankings
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 4th, 2015
Security Issues Fixed in OrientDB "Studio" Web Interface
OrientDB devs fix CSRF and click-jacking vulnerabilities