The Kraken ransomware, which targets Windows, Linux/VMware ESXi systems, is testing machines to check how fast it can encrypt data without overloading them. According to Cisco Talos researchers, ...

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Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

Abstract: In public and shared platforms where security is paramount, encrypted database storage and processing have become a key research priority. However, traditionally encrypted databases do not ...

The authoritarian, surveillance-loving UK Labour government remains deeply committed to magical thinking, slamming yet another encryption-busting “Technical Capability Notice” (TCN) on Apple, ...

The U.K. government is still trying to gain access to encrypted iCloud data, according to the Financial Times, after British officials allegedly filed a new secret order demanding Apple build a ...

Mobile devices sometimes get lost. A laptop bag gets left on the bus or train, a smartphone slips out of your pocket, or a USB flash drive falls to the ground unnoticed. Losing a notebook or phone ...

Threat researchers discovered the first AI-powered ransomware, called PromptLock, that uses Lua scripts to steal and encrypt data on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The malware uses OpenAI’s ...

Abstract: The widespread adoption of cloud storage has raised considerable data privacy concerns for outsourced databases. In recent years, Structured Encryption (STE) has emerged as a promising ...

On July 16, 2025, Allianz Life Insurance reported a massive data compromise following a social engineering attack that targeted a third-party cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) system.

The recent data hack targeting an app for sharing information about nefarious men is a reminder that the impulse to protect frequently comes at a cost. By Gina Cherelus In the Third Wheel column, Gina ...

We’re excited to announce a new migration capability in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new capability, now generally available, is powered by Azure Database Migration ...