Microsoft Confirms SQL Zero-Day Security Vulnerability—Here’s The Fix

Microsoft has confirmed that a hacker who successfully exploits a zero-day SQL vulnerability could gain system administrator privileges. Here’s how to fix it.
InfoQ

Big Data Solutions with MS SQL ColumnStore Index

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Ars Technica

Purging MS SQL server logs?

I'm having a disk space issue with a SQL 2000 server that has filled up the boot drive with it's log files.<BR>I caused this by limiting the amount of logfile space a ...
Dark Reading

MSSQL Databases Under Fire From FreeWorld Ransomware

A cyberattack campaign has been discovered compromising exposed Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) databases, using brute-force attacks to deliver ransomware and Cobalt Strike payloads. According to an ...

Microsoft March 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 2 zero-days, 79 flaws

Today is Microsoft's March 2026 Patch Tuesday with security updates for 79 flaws, including 2 publicly disclosed zero-day ...
Ars Technica

Migrating Clustered SQL to stand-alone instance on a VM

1. Change registry key SqlCluster in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.x\Setup\ from 1 to 0 2. Disable TCP/IP in Server Network Protocols and enabled Named Pipes from ...
Dark Reading

Turkish Cyber Threat Targets MSSQL Servers With Mimic Ransomware

A sophisticated attack campaign codenamed RE#TURGENCE by researchers has been discovered infiltrating Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) database servers across the United States, European Union, and Latin America ...
MCPmag

SQL Server 2000 Security Secrets

Despite the plentiful information in Books Online and on the official “SQL Server 2000 Security” document Microsoft offers online, setting up a truly secure SQL Server remains a difficult task. In ...