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How are large tech sites such as LivingSocial, Zappos, LinkedIn and Evernote hacked?

How are large tech sites such as LivingSocial, Zappos, LinkedIn and Evernote hacked? (i.e. how is their entire dataset of users obtained?) LivingSocial - 50 Million Users Exposed Zappos - 24 Million ...
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Code, Data and Passwd encrypted? sqlplus $USER/$PASSWORD@$ORACLE_REMOTE_SID

Lots of our *NIX scripts use "sqlplus $USER/$PASSWORD@$ORACLE_REMOTE_SID" I know that not good to have clear text password in scripts (there is no alternative at the moment). But question is the ...
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How to secure MySQL based web session data table?

I have the following MySQL session schema: CREATE TABLE `SessionData` ( `id` varchar(50) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL, `data` text COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci, `date` datetime DEFAULT NULL, ...
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What constitutes a Virtual Private Database?

I recently came across this term "Virtual Private Database" and I'm wondering what criteria need to be satisfied to allow use of the term. I first saw the term in an HP/Fortify doc: A virtual ...
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If a hacker were to compromise a GMail database

Assuming the systems that store the Gmail database is compromised what is preventing them from reading everyone's emails by looking at the data in the database? I assume nothing, and in order for ...
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In the case of the Gawker data breach, would strong passwords be ok?

In the Gawker data breach, was just the database stolen and that gave free access to all user data? Or did the hackers still need to read the MD5's of the usernames and passwords to gain access to the ...
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What to do in response to a source code and/or database leak by a third party hosting provider?

My PHP sourcecode and database (PHPMyAdmin Dump) has been leaked publicly and I believe that the web host I have used for this service are responsible for the leak. On first appearances, the web host ...