An important aspect of database security is designing your applications to avoid SQL injection attacks. SQL injection is a form of web hacking whereby SQL statements are specified in the fields of a ...

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 ...

Daniel Cid, a developer of a cloud-based firewall/proxy system, was surprised to discover that his product was blocking requests from Google-owned IP addresses. This was unusual, because few websites ...

Fortinet patched a critical vulnerability in its FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) software that can allow attackers to gain remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable servers. A threat ...

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SQL injection attacks have become 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 last ...

The way that Yahoo! was hacked, SQL Injection attack, is the same method as many other hacks in the news recently: SQL Injection. SQL Injection attacks are common for the following reasons: • The ...

If your eyes glazed over at the recent announcement of an “SQL injection” vulnerability in WordPress, take heart. You’re not alone. SQL injection attacks are a common kind of security flaw, but are ...

Cybercriminals use SQL injection to target both external websites and internal databases when seeking data for identity theft and other black market activities, GreenSQL said. Public websites are ...

In April, the number of web attacks rose sharply, and Microsoft was quickly blamed for the problems. The software giant investigated and concluded that security groups had jumped to conclusions and ...