Omani government networks have been hit by a wide-ranging espionage campaign attributed to Iran-linked operators, with evidence pointing to the theft of judicial records, identity data, staff ...

Nearly every major product family needs immediate patching, from Windows to Office to Microsoft Edge, SQL Server, and even Microsoft Developer Tools.

Thomas LaRock: "Without a basic understanding of wait events and how the occur, you will waste a lot of time trying and guessing at how to improve the performance of a query." Optimizing SQL Server ...

CVE-2026-21992 can be used without authentication for remote code execution and it may have been exploited in the wild. Oracle on Friday issued out-of-band updates to patch a critical vulnerability ...

Abstract: Nowadays, businesses generate large volumes of data that must be stored in a reliable database. Among the available options, relational database management systems (RDBMS) are widely adopted ...

Microsoft has released an urgent out-of-band security update to fix a critical vulnerability in its Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). The flaw, CVE-2025-59287, allows attackers to execute code ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs. Microsoft released 86 patches this week with updates for Office, Windows, and SQL Server ...

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...

Microsoft’s July 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 137 vulnerabilities, including critical flaws in SQL Server, Netlogon, Office, and the .NET Framework. Microsoft’s July 2025 Patch Tuesday rollout delivered ...

For the first time in 2025, Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates did not bundle fixes for exploited security vulnerabilities, but the company acknowledged one of the addressed flaws had been publicly ...