Microsoft will retire SCOM SQL monitoring packs in 2027, pushing customers toward Azure Monitor and cloud billing.

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When it comes to working with spatial data in mobile software, the business needs can vary greatly. At a basic level, you’re probably going to be working with latitude and longitude coordinates as a ...

In December, security researchers noticed an uptick in brute-force attacks against publicly exposed Microsoft SQL servers. It turns out the attacks go as far back as May 2018 and infect on average a ...

Attackers are hacking into poorly secured and Interned-exposed Microsoft SQL (MS-SQL) servers to deploy Trigona ransomware payloads and encrypt all files. Security analysts at ASEC have discovered a ...

I know in Oracle you can use DBA_TAB_COLUMNS (or ALL_TAB_COLUMNS). My SQL Server knowledge is very rusty, but can't you use the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS view?

Threat analysts have observed a new wave of attacks installing Cobalt Strike beacons on vulnerable Microsoft SQL Servers, leading to deeper infiltration and subsequent malware infections. MS-SQL ...