A clever hacker decided to see if he could defeat the system by using SQL Injection… The basic premise of this hack is that the hacker has created a simple SQL statement which will hopefully ...

We’ll touch on XSS in a later article. For now, we’re going to stick to the basics – proper passwords and SQL Injection. Cracking passwords consists of using common phrases and brute force ...

Immortalized by “Little Bobby Drop Tables” in XKCD 327, SQL injection (SQLi) was first discovered in 1998, yet continues to plague web applications across the internet. Even the OWASP Top Ten ...

SQL Injection attacks are common for the following reasons: • The prevalence of SQL Injection vulnerabilities • Databases are attractive targets because they typically contain critical ...

SQL injection has been a major security risk since the early days of the internet. Find out what's at risk, and how cybersecurity pros can defend their organizations. Few things terrify IT ...

SQL injection attacks are becoming significantly more popular amongst hackers, according to recent data. Between Q1 2012 and Q2 2012, there has been an estimated 69 percent increase of this attack ...

SQL injection attacks have bec ome the most reliable way for hackers to gain access to valuable data on back-end systems, with many high-profile Web sites falling victim to the technique over the ...

It was being blocked because it appeared malicious, like it was an attempt at SQL injection. Further examination of the firewall logs showed other, similar requests from Google IP addresses also ...

This week’s disclosure that the huge data thefts at Heartland Payment Systems and other retailers resulted from SQL injection attacks could finally push retailers to pay serious attention to Web ...

A threat group named 'ResumeLooters' has stolen the personal data of over two million job seekers after compromising 65 legitimate job listing and retail sites using SQL injection and cross-site ...