---
id: 6964
title: "Defending against database ransomware attacks"
source_domain: wiz.io
source_url: "https://www.wiz.io/blog/database-ransomware-research"
published_at: "2025-10-06T13:09:13Z"
tags: ["cloud-security", "ransomware", "misconfiguration", "extortion", "database-security", "threat-research"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6964"
lang: en
---

# Defending against database ransomware attacks

## Summary

Wiz examines 'malware-less' database ransomware: exposed MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB servers with weak auth are looted, wiped and ransomed via native commands — no malware to detect.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** wiz.io
- **Published:** 2025-10-06T13:09:13Z
- **Original:** https://www.wiz.io/blog/database-ransomware-research
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6964