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 ...

The point of an SQL Injection attack is to compromise a database, which is an organized collection of data and supporting data structures. The data can include user names, passwords, text, etc.

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 allow a malicious user potentially unlimited access to the content in your application’s database, no matter what security the application has tried to enforce.

The huge data thefts at Heartland Payment Systems and other retailers resulted from SQL injection attacks and could finally push retailers to deal with Web application security flaws.

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Thirty-one-year-old Laurie Love is currently staring down the possibility of 99 years in prison. Love was recently told he'll face extradition to the US, where he stands accused of attacking systems ...

A vulnerability in a web-based graphics system led to a breach of The Wall Street Journal’s network by a hacker, the newspaper acknowledged late Tuesday. The system was taken offline, and the ...

It's been a busy week for SQL injection; at the weekend, MySQL.com, the website of Oracle-owned open source database MySQL, was hacked, again using SQL injection.

In SQL injection attacks, malicious hackers can take advantage of poorly coded Web application software to introduce malicious code into a company’s systems and network. The vulnerability exists ...