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January 09, 2006
Voyager Worm Mutates
The Oracle Voyager worm has been all over the news and blogs lately. It's recently undergone an update, which takes it one step closer to becoming every DBAs problem child.
Traditionally enterprises have taken the perspective that security in the database is mainly an issue of protecting the right and wrong internal folks from seeing what they should, and not touching what they shouldn't. But with SQL Injection techniques, websites are turning up hidden information inside of databases formerly thought secure, and DBAs are taking notice.
The worm is just the latest and most ominous face on database security, shining the light on the seriousness of the issue.
To learn more about database security, check AppSecInc, Red Database Security, or my favorite Pete Finnigan's weblog.
Posted by admin at January 9, 2006 04:11 AM