A cyberattack campaign has been discovered compromising exposed Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) databases, using brute-force attacks to deliver ransomware and Cobalt Strike payloads. According to an ...

hello everyone,<BR><BR>This one is really stupid, but I can't find a good way to solve it.<BR><BR>I have varchar columns in a MSSQL database. That data is actually UTF-8 encoded text.<BR><BR>I'm ...

This article explains how to repair the MDF file using the native repair methods and how to use a Reliable MDF file Repair ...

At the upcoming Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas developer conference, SQL expert Denny Cherry will share essential indexing strategies to boost performance in SQL Server databases--from 2000 to 2025.

A sophisticated attack campaign codenamed RE#TURGENCE by researchers has been discovered infiltrating Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) database servers across the United States, European Union, and Latin America ...

General availability on newer Linux distributions and CU1 signal a push toward stability, security and production readiness.

I want to enable notifications for SQL Agent for my backup jobs.<BR><BR>I configured database mail and that works, it sent me a test message.<BR><BR>However, when I go to tell the SQL Agent to use it, ...

OK, I’ll admit it. I’m not a DBA, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t overseen databases and their performance. I was (and probably still am) the guy who installed a Microsoft SQL database by hitting Next ...