Tag Archives: SQL Server

Hackers infects thousands of MS SQL servers with backdoors

Posted on 2020-04-02 by guenni

[German]Unknown hackers are running a campaign (running since May 2018) against Microsoft SQL-Server. The group succeeds in providing thousands of these SQL servers with a backdoor every day. There seems to be a whole botnet of infected SQL servers running … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2019 CU 2 breaks SQL Server Agent

Posted on 2020-03-05 by guenni

[German]Nasty  surprise for administrators of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 who install the cumulative update 2 of February 13, 2020. This can kill the SQL Server Agent. Advertising

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Patch RCE vulnerability CVE-2020-0618 on your Microsoft SQL-Server!

Posted on 2020-02-19 by guenni

[German]Another urgent request to Microsoft SQL server administrators to patch the vulnerability CVE-2020-0618. An exploit has been discovered that allows remote code execution (RCE). Advertising

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End of Life for Microsoft products (April 9, 2019, July 9, 2019)

Posted on 2019-04-09 by guenni

On tomorrow’s patchday, April 9, 2019, some Microsoft Windows versions will receive security updates for the last time and reach the ‘End of Life’. The same is true for some SQL Server products that will be dropped from support in … Continue reading →

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FYI: End of Support for Windows 7, SQL-Server 2008 and more

Posted on 2018-12-31 by guenni

At the end of the year, a brief outlook on various Microsoft products that will be dropped from support in 2019 or January 2020. This leaves a few months to plan the migration to successor products. Advertising

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August patchday: Confusion over SQL Server 2014 SP2

Posted on 2018-08-16 by guenni

[German]Currently Microsoft has left some confusion regarding the August 2018 security updates for the SQL server. In other words, SQL Server 2014 SP2 is not included in the updates. Here are some details. Advertising

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Microsoft SQL Server v.Next CTP 1.2 available

Posted on 2017-01-24 by guenni

Last week Microsoft announced SQL Server next version CTP 1.2 is now available. SQL Server (SQL Server v.Next) Community Technology Preview (CTP) 1.2 is available on both Windows and Linux. SQL Server v.Next comes with support for SUSE Linux Enterprise. … Continue reading →

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