According to security researcher MessageLabs, the number of SQL injection attacks spiked sharply last month, helping account for a near doubling of the number of malicious Web sites it identified and ...

SQL injection is the most common penetration technique employed by hackers to steal valuable information from corporate databases. Yet, as widespread as this method of attack is, a seemingly infinite ...

Workplace security staffs must act fast to iron out kinks in their application code if they want to be fortified against infiltration -- hundreds of thousands of them hammer at those vulnerabilities ...

Undoubtedly, SQL injection is the favorite tool of hackers, and this is quite evident from some recent incidents. Before discussing those incidents in details, let’s dig deeper on the ‘Why’ part. SQL ...

I'm in the process of documenting the many ways in which an application is terrible. One of those ways is that it's vulnerable to SQL injection. It's not completely open, but you can manipulate a few ...

Microsoft has released an improved security filter for its Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server that is designed to help thwart SQL injection attacks. The free application, called UrlScan ...

Hackers are assailing websites using a prominent WordPress plugin with millions of attempts to exploit a high-severity vulnerability that allows complete takeover, researchers said. Over the weekend, ...

Microsoft on Tuesday issued a new security advisory after the discovery of "a recent escalation in a class of attacks" targeting Web sites. The exploits are associated with Microsoft's Active Server ...

Security firm Sophos disclosed on Monday that BusinessWeek magazine's Web site had been hacked. The attack targeted Microsoft's enterprise SQL Server database via insecure Web pages. More than one ...

The prevalence and intensity of SQL injection attacks are increasing, according to Imperva's Hacker Intelligence Initiative (HII) report. The report details how attacks are executed and how hackers ...