SQL injection attacks are among the oldest exploits against web applications, dating back more than a decade. Sadly, despite the fact that it is fairly easy to defend against these injection attacks, ...
After all of these years, SQL injection vulnerabilities still stand as an old reliable for attackers seeking to break into corporate databases. "SQL injection is still out there for one simple reason: ...
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 ...
In late 1998, when I was just beginning my career in technology, I read in the venerable Phrack magazine how poor input sanitization allowed rain.forest.puppy (the pseudonym used by Jeff Forristal) to ...
Drupal is a very widely used open-source content management system. It initially was released in 2001, and recent statistics show Drupal as the third-most popular content management system, with just ...
In response to this, the application security SaaS company Indusface has detailed the potential financial impact of SQL Injection attacks on businesses. Additionally, they offer best practices to help ...
This column is available in a weekly newsletter called IT Best Practices. Click here to subscribe. SQL injection attacks have been around for more than 10 years. Database security experts know they ...