Microsoft

SQL Server 2016 end of support is here: Plan your next steps

As of today, July 14, 2026, SQL Server 2016 has reached end of support. For the past decade, SQL Server 2016 has helped organizations run mission-critical applications and support the data needs of ...
Bleeping Computer

Cisco Unified CM flaw CVE-2026-20230 now exploited in attacks

A high-severity SSRF vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20230, in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server is now being exploited in attacks. Cisco released security updates for the CVE-2026-20230 ...
InfoQ

Microsoft Announces Azure Linux 4.0, Its First General-Purpose Server Linux Distribution

Microsoft recently announced Azure Linux 4.0 and Azure Container Linux at Open Source Summit North America 2026 in Minneapolis. Azure Linux 4.0 is a Fedora-based, general-purpose server distribution ...
Redmond

Microsoft Releases New SQL Server Updates for 2025 and 2022 Versions

Microsoft releases cumulative updates for SQL Server 2025 and SQL Server 2022 environments. Updates improve database reliability, query processing, performance and operational stability for ...
cyberpress

Zero-Day in Microsoft SQL Server Allows Attackers to Escalate Privileges

The vulnerability is classified as an elevation-of-privilege flaw caused by improper access control in Microsoft SQL Server. In security classification terms, the issue falls under CWE-284, which ...
cybersecuritynews

Microsoft SQL Server Zero-Day Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Escalate Privileges

Microsoft has disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability in SQL Server that allows authenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to the highest administrative level on affected database ...
CNET

Best Dedicated Web Hosting for Complex Websites in 2026

Dedicated hosting can give you the storage, bandwidth and processing power needed to run a complex, high-traffic website. But that doesn’t mean all dedicated web hosting is great — and you want to ...
Windows Report

Critical Microsoft SCCM Vulnerability Under Active Attack, Warns CISA

Malware keeps evolving, and recent reports showed hackers abusing Gemini AI tools to assist malware campaigns. Now, an older Microsoft security flaw has resurfaced and is under active attack. The ...
cyberpress

CISA Warns of Actively Exploited SQL Injection Flaw in Microsoft Configuration Manager

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Microsoft Configuration Manager to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) ...
Financial IT

Cut SQL Server Licensing And Cloud Costs By Monitoring CPU Overallocation

If you’re licensing your virtual SQL Servers by core, you may be missing out on a significant opportunity to reduce costs. By reviewing and potentially reducing the number of CPU cores allocated to ...
IEEE

SQL Server Optimization: Configuration-Based Performance Improvements

Abstract: This study presents a comprehensive investigation into optimizing a SQL Server in a business production environment that was experiencing severe performance problems and frequent system ...