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I am practicing pen testing in a protected box and I have a vulnerable Magento website and I managed to get its MySQL config file which is app/etc/local.xml.
In this file there is information such as:
<crypt>
<… Continue reading what can you do in sql login details and encryption key is available
Google offers a way to connect it’s apps (like google sheets) to a sql server.
In order to do this, you need to whitelist their google apps scripts IPv4 subnets.
I don’t see how this could be secure at all. Couldn’t someone… Continue reading Is whitelisting Google Apps Scripts Actually safe?
Our next MJFChat, is between me and Dave Bermingham, Technical Evangelist with SIOS Technology, who will offer ideas on how to build a disaster-recovery survival kit for SQL Server.
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I read the following on Microsoft’s site. Can someone please clarify –
“With TDE, is the data stored in my data, log, and backup files protected from a disk theft?”
Yes, but only if the files are stored on a separate… Continue reading Does TDE not protect against disk theft?
I support a number of applications some of which have sql databases. There’s a number of scripts (mostly powershell/bash) to check the state of an application to see if it’s considered healthy. Some of these scripts make call… Continue reading Insider threat mitigation sql databases
I have some data on CSV files and I want automate the input of this data into an SQL database using Powershell. The data is mostly, if not completely, numbers.
I am using a script based on the one found here:
SIMPLE POWERSH… Continue reading What security implications are involved when using a CSV file to fill a SQL table?
Protecting core infrastructure components like SQL Server is certainly one of the database professional first priorities. However, for those businesses still running SQL Server 2008/R2, that’s become a problem.
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One of our applications uses SQL Server for the back end, and that application requires a 4 digit numerical PIN for employees to be created that works with a key (more or less). The system itself defaults all PINs to 0000 bec… Continue reading Generating a PIN from cryptographic bytes
Our next MJFChat, scheduled for Monday, June 24, is between me and Rimma Nehme, Azure Cosmos DB Product Manager and Architect. The general topic of our chat is Cosmos DB, Microsoft’s NoSQL, multi-model, distributed database.
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If you are moving SQL database instances into Azure, you’ll want to look at the updated Database Migration Assistant from Microsoft. The assistant can move your data, and give you an assessment of potential issues.
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