Digital Warfare Daily Brief #32 March 25, 2026

The Digital Warfare Podcast · Mar 25, 2026 · 5m

Summary

In this episode of the Digital Warfare Daily Brief, we examine the sustained wave of automated attacks targeting internet-exposed Microsoft SQL Server instances.

Rather than advanced zero-day exploitation, attackers are leveraging brute force attempts, known vulnerabilities, and weak configurations to compromise database environments. The discussion focuses on exposure risk, credential hygiene, segmentation failures, and why foundational security controls remain critical in defending core data infrastructure.

This is not a sophistication story. It is a hygiene story.

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