SQL Injection Attack: What is it, and how to prevent it. 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 is a type of attack that can give an adversary complete control over your web application database by inserting arbitrary SQL code into a database query.

SQL injection attacks have been going on for years, and the vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques are well-understood and widely discussed. However, they’re still quite prevalent and are ...

SQL injection has been a major security risk since the early days of the internet. Find out what's at risk, and how cybersecurity pros can defend their organizations.

SQL injection attacks exist at the opposite end of the complexity spectrum from buffer overflows, the subject of our last in-depth security analysis.

While the attack was a SQL injection attack that attacked and compromised back-end databases courtesy of vulnerable Web pages, from a user's perspective the real attack was compromised Web pages ...

Inferential SQL Injection Attacks Although SQLIA (SQL Injection Attack) made its first public appearance back in, it still stays one of most serious and prevalent threat types.

SQL injection attacks are the workhorses of hacking incidents, tricking web sites into spilling credit card numbers and other sensitive data to hackers.

Respondents taking part in a new study from the Ponemon Institute say they've had their eyes opened to the realities of SQL Injection, and the impact it has on their organization.