As you may know, Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by Microsoft. Several industries rely on SQL database servers for data storage and access because it supports a wide range of transaction processing, business intelligence, and analytics applications in corporate IT environments. To have a fine-tuned SQL Server system, a […]
Conquer it with correlation: Cryptojacking
Your company’s data is not the only valuable thing it has to offer to hackers looking for a payday. Organizational networks around the world have something much more basic which hackers can go after: sheer computing power. Cryptojacking, the unauthorized use of computing resources to mine cryptocurrency, exploits this power. While this type of attack […]
Preventing the SQLite Magellan vulnerability from damaging your applications
Emerging vulnerabilities and continuous patching have been at odds with each other ever since the information age began. Flaws are often simple enough that a patch can mitigate any issues they present, but once in a while we’re confronted with a flaw which shouldn’t be taken lightly. One such vulnerability, discovered toward the end of […]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for December 2018
Another month and another Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft. But this month, the buzz is all about a third-party patch from Adobe that addresses a zero-day vulnerability. This vulnerability (CVE-2018-15982) is rated critical since it’s being actively exploited in the wild. It’s said that this vulnerability allows a maliciously crafted Flash object to execute code […]
Account lockout and management tools
Sometimes, when you get a call regarding a password reset, you can already guess who it’s from. Most organizations have one—that one employee who somehow manages to forget their password and gets locked out of their account more than everyone else. So you reset this forgetful user’s password, and sure enough, five minutes later they […]
Five cybersecurity best practices to follow in 2019
Research by Cybersecurity Ventures predicts ransomware alone will cost businesses around the world more than $11.5 billion in 2019. What’s worse, this same study also predicts businesses will experience a cyberattack every 14 seconds by 2019, up from once every 40 seconds in 2016. So what can you do to mitigate the increasing threat of […]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday update November 2018
Microsoft just announced its Patch Tuesday updates for November, and this month’s list of patches comes with fixes for 64 vulnerabilities, 12 of which are rated critical. It also has patches for the ALPC elevation of privilege vulnerability, along with a couple of other issues which were publicly disclosed.Patch Tuesday updates for Microsoft productsThis month’s […]
A10 Networks accepts ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Several members of the A10 Networks finance team were called out for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and they’ve responded as a group to that worthy challenge. A10 is passing along the challenge…
Global Dynamic Lab II
NetApp’s latest in high efficiency computing, GDL II was opened in May of 2014.
Too Small or Just Right? Rightsizing Your SolarWinds® Installation – SolarWinds Lab #17
For more info on these & other topics, visit: http://bit.ly/SW_Lab_Ep_17 In this episode, we’re catching up on user questions while focusing on how to get the best performance out of your…