Can anyone offer some advice on best practices around SQL backups, recovery, and replication in scenarios with virtualized SQL servers? The overall objective is to protect our SQL servers against ...

The ‘Suspect’ mode of the SQL database indicates that the recovery process has started but failed to complete. The database goes into suspect mode if the primary data file is damaged or the database ...

You can save a backup of your MS SQL databases to a single file on your hard drive. These backup files have names ending with the ".bak" file extension, and you use them to restore database backups ...

The SQL Slammer worm (w2.SQLSlammer.worm), also known as Sapphire (F-Secure), w32.SQLexp.worm (Symantec), and Helkern (Kaspersky), exploits known vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL 2000 servers. It has ...

A new report from cybersecurity company Trustwave Holdings Inc. has found that attacks targeting Microsoft Corp.’s MS SQL are skyrocketing and that database vulnerabilities are increasing across ...

A recent incident involving an MS-SQL (Microsoft SQL) honeypot has shed light on the sophisticated tactics employed by cyber-attackers relying on Mallox ransomware (also known as Fargo, TargetCompany, ...