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2025-05-09

Query in DynamoDB on the Basis of Partition Key and Sort Key
Learn how to query a table using just the Partition Key and how to enhance those queries by including the Range Key to filter results within a partition.
LockBit ransomware gang hacked again
Victim negotiations and internal data leaked in major breach
LockBit hit by data breach — Even hackers can get hacked
Following last year’s global crackdown, LockBit has been hit again—this time by a data breach that may damage trust among affiliates.

2025-05-08

Another look into PostgreSQL CTE materialization and non-idempotent subqueries
A follow-up exploration into PostgreSQL CTE materialization, diving deeper into why non-idempotent subqueries can execute multiple times, leading to unexpected results.
LockBit ransomware group hit by data breach
The LockBit ransomware group has itself fallen victim to a data breach after its affiliate panels on the dark web were hacked and provided with a message
Lockbit Ransomware Hackers Got Hacked Again: Database, Plaintext Passwords Leaked
The LockBit ransomware gang has suffered another major data breach as attackers defaced its affiliate panels and leak a MySQL database containing victim chats, Bitcoin addresses, and shockingly, plaintext admin passwords, further crippling the notorious cybercrime group.
PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 Released
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announces that the first beta release of PostgreSQL 18 is now [available for download](https://www.postgresql.org/download/). This …
Crafting Resilient ERP Systems through Intelligent Database Design
In a peer-reviewed study authored by Sunil Yadav, a research scholar with a strong academic background in information systems, the author emphasizes how foundational database design strategies shape the performance, scalability, and success of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. In just two lines: He brings a data-centric lens to ERP optimization, bridging technical precision with […]
Elasticsearch 101: Deep Dive
Under the Hood: How Elasticsearch Really Works
The Power of Observability: A Game-Changer in Cloud Database Management
In an increasingly complex world of cloud-native technologies, Maheshbhai Kansara offers deep insights into a vital but often overlooked aspect of modern cloud database architectures: observability. The author highlights how integrating observability practices from the beginning is transforming the way organizations manage and optimize their database systems. His research emphasizes that this shift not only […]
Consistency between Redis Cache and SQL Database
Nowadays, Redis has become one of the most popular cache solution in the Internet industry. Although relational database systems (SQL) bring many awesome properties such as ACID, the performance of th

2025-05-07

LockBit ransomware gang hacked, victim negotiations exposed
The LockBit ransomware gang has suffered a data breach after its dark web affiliate panels were defaced and replaced with a message linking to a MySQL database dump.
Waiting for Postgres 18: Accelerating Disk Reads with Asynchronous I/O
Postgres 18 introduces Asynchronous I/O (AIO) that can dramatically improve read performance, especially in the cloud. Learn how these changes and the new io_method setting work and see why our benchmark results show that io_uring is the recommended setting for maximizing I/O performance in Postgres 18 over the default setting 'worker'.
30 years of MySQL, the database that changed the world - theregister.com
: From ubiquitous go-to system for early Noughties startups to a legacy like no other