Couchbase raises $105M Series G funding round

Couchbase. the Santa Clara-based company behind the eponymous NoSQL cloud database service, today announced that it has raised a $105 million all-equity Series G round “to expand product development and global go-to-market capabilities.” The oversubscribed round was led by GPI Capital, with participation from existing investors Accel, Sorenson Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners, Glynn Capital, […] Continue reading Couchbase raises $105M Series G funding round

Ramsey Malware

A new malware, called Ramsey, can jump air gaps: ESET said they’ve been able to track down three different versions of the Ramsay malware, one compiled in September 2019 (Ramsay v1), and two others in early and late March 2020 (Ramsay v2.a and v2.b). Each version was different and infected victims through different methods, but at its core, the malware’s… Continue reading Ramsey Malware

How could it possibly be that a US person could’ve been fired from multiple law enforcement agencies and nobody knows about it? [closed]

Source: https://youtu.be/9t6AGKINw68?t=64

If a person is fired from a normal job, there will more than likely be records of it.

If a COP is fired from his duty, there WILL without a doubt be records of it!

How is it logically possible t… Continue reading How could it possibly be that a US person could’ve been fired from multiple law enforcement agencies and nobody knows about it? [closed]

Cockroach Labs scores $86.6M Series D as scalable database resonates

Cockroach Labs, the NYC enterprise database company, announced an $86.6 million Series D funding round today. The company was in no mood to talk valuations, but was happy to have a big chunk of money to help build on its recent success and ride out the current economic malaise. Altimeter Capital and Bond co-led the […] Continue reading Cockroach Labs scores $86.6M Series D as scalable database resonates

Encrypting an object and storing the hash of its decryption key in the same database

To meet one of my application’s needs, I must store an encrypted object in the database. Sometimes, I need to verify whether the user holds the right decryption key without the need to retrieve (decrypt) the stored object, I just need to m… Continue reading Encrypting an object and storing the hash of its decryption key in the same database

How is it possible that important databases keep getting put online with literally zero security?

The ANPR camera system’s internal management dashboard could be
accessed by simply entering its IP address into a web browser. No
login details or authentication of any sort was needed to view and
search the live system

Number-P… Continue reading How is it possible that important databases keep getting put online with literally zero security?