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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

The MySQL package contains a bug whereby dynamically allocated memory is freed more than once, which could be deliberately triggered by an attacker to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service ...

MySQL this week issued a security patch for multiple vulnerabilities in its MySQL open-source database.

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 ...