US-China tensions overshadow closing of Oracle-ByteDance deal

Demands from President Donald Trump that TikTok must be quickly sold to a US company or face a nationwide ban sparked frantic talks between TikTok parent company ByteDance and US companies, including Microsoft, Twitter, Walmart and Oracle. These talks have been disrupted by complications, including Trump’s insistence that the US government should receive a financial “cut” of … Read more

Oracle joins race to acquire TikTok

According to the Financial Times, software giant Oracle has held preliminary discussions with ByteDance to discuss the potential acquisition of its subsidiary TikTok. Microsoft and Twitter are also involved in discussions. As trade tensions between the US and China escalate, US President Donald Trump is focusing his attacks on Chinese tech companies with a global … Read more

Fingerprinting the Database

Most of the techniques described so far are effective against all of the common database platforms, and any divergences have been accommodated through minor adjustments to syntax. However, as we begin to look at more advanced exploitation techniques, the differences between platforms become more significant, and you will increasingly need to know which type of … Read more