Thus far, SQL injection has focused on altering data within the database, rather than attacking the underlying operating system. But researcher Bernardo Damele Assumpcao Guimaraes will be upgrading ...

Mike Chapple is a teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. On Dec. 26, 2007, Albert Gonzalez, a 28-year-old resident of Miami, launched an attack against the ...

Fortinet fixes critical FortiClientEMS SQL injection flaw (CVSS 9.1) enabling code execution; separate SSO bug actively exploited.

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, ...

A new series of mass SQL injection attacks has planted links to malware sites and hidden iframes in over a million webpages, including parts of Apple’s website. The technique is similar to a standard ...

Attackers who exploited a zero-day vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and Remote Support products in December likely also exploited a previously unknown SQL injection flaw in ...

The security community is divided about the recent arrest of a security researcher who hacked into the website for the elections division of a county in Florida. The question is whether he deserved to ...

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 ...

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 ...