Why a Windows flaw patched nine days ago is still spooking the Internet
Researchers warn dangerous BlueKeep vulnerability ...
2019-05-23
Security
Serial publisher of Windows 0-days drops exploits for 3 more unfixed flaws
SandboxEscaper has published 7 such exploits to da...
2019-05-23
WannaCry? Hundreds of US schools still haven’t patched servers
A dive into vulnerability data shows even big dist...
2019-05-22
Baltimore ransomware nightmare could last weeks more, with big consequences
Houses can't be sold, bills can't be paid while ci...
2019-05-22
2019-05-20
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Introduction to SQL Server Security — Part 5
SQL Server contains many built-in views and functions that can be used to understand what is going on “under the hood,” and security is no exception. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains the security related catalogue views, dynamic management views, and system functions.
2019-05-20
How to Keep Data, Devices Secure When Mobile Is the Norm
When "work" can happen in any place, security breaches can happen any time and any way.
2019-05-14
2019-05-13
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Cryptanalyzing a Pair of Russian Encryption Algorithms
A pair of Russia-designed cryptographic algorithms -- the Kuznyechik block cipher and the Streebog hash function -- have the same flawed S-box that is almost certainly an intentional backdoor....
2019-05-10
Where do data breaches come from?
I recently did some research on the source of data breaches and in this article, I’m going to talk a bit about my current favorite source for breach information,...
2019-05-09
Blogs
Deployment Pipelines in Fabric – What Are They?
By HeyMo0sh
In the realm of software development and content creation, the deployment pipeline serves as...
TempDB Internals – What’s New (SQL Server 2016 to 2022)
By Vinay Thakur
I wrote about TempDB Internals and understand that Tempdb plays very important role on...
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers