Bleeping Computer

MySQL Databases Need Urgent Updates to Address Three Critical Security Bugs

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 ...
TechRepublic

How to harden MySQL security with a single command

Securing your MySQL installation isn’t difficult. Find out how to easily harden MySQL with one command. Chances are, your data center depends upon a MySQL database server or two. If that is the case, ...
Security Boulevard

RDS MySQL Read Replicas: How They Affect Your RI Strategy

Every RDS MySQL read replica is a regular database instance. It runs, it consumes compute and storage, and it bills at the same hourly rate as any other instance of the same class. The fact that it is ...
TechRadar

MySQL servers hit by DDoS malware botnet

Hackers have been observed targeting vulnerable MySQL servers in an attempt to compromise and assimilate them into a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) botnet. Researchers at the AhnLab Security ...
ZDNet

MySQL security flaws uncovered

Several vulnerabilities have been found in the MySQL database system, a light database package commonly used in Linux environments but which runs also on Microsoft platforms, HP-Unix, Mac OS and more.
Bleeping Computer

Over 3.6 million MySQL servers found exposed on the Internet

Over 3.6 million MySQL servers are publicly exposed on the Internet and responding to queries, making them an attractive target to hackers and extortionists. Of these accessible MySQL servers, 2.3 ...
InfoQ

MySQL Version 8 Adds Document Store, Performance and Security Improvements

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