There is a trivially exploitable vulnerability in MySQL that enables an attacker to gain root access to the database server. The bug, which recently was patched ...

How To Set, Change, and Recover Your MySQL Root Password Your email has been sent If you never set, forgot, or change your MySQL password, you're in luck. This ...

mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO root@localhost IDENTIFIED BY ' your current password ' WITH GRANT Insert the host and password This section will allow to insert the host's name and user account ...

Database administrators received a stark reminder about the shortcomings of password protection late January following reports that a new net worm has started exploiting MySQL databases configured ...

Security researchers have released details about a vulnerability in the MySQL server that could allow potential attackers to access MySQL databases without inputting proper authentication credentials.

When running non-interactive MySQL commands one may submit MySQL credentials on the command line (we'll share with you a better option after the break), e.g.: mysql --password=secret --user=username ...