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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft on Thursday 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 ...

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 ...

Hackers are striking databases in record numbers, trying to pilfer a rich trove of personal and financial data, a security vendor said Wednesday. SecureWorks, based in Atlanta, is detecting up to ...

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 ...