The hacker, who posted his name as “rEmOtEr,” used a SQL injection attack to exploit a programming snafu and gain unauthorized access to a database that supports the Web site, Halbheer said.

Security researchers have developed a generic technique for SQL injection that bypasses multiple web application firewalls (WAFs). At the core of the issue was WAF vendors failing to add support ...

Web sites across China and Taiwan are being hit by a mass SQL injection attack that has implanted malware in thousands of Web sites, according to a security company in Taiwan.

However, until last week, it lacked the capability of emulating SQL injection vulnerabilities, an important class of Web application vulnerabilities that are commonly targeted by attackers.

Dark Reading reported on Dec. 10 that a massive SQL injection attack had reached 132,000 sites, infecting Web sites with code that installed backdoor Trojans.

Researchers are pointing to the latest surge of SQL injection attacks coming out of China as particularly noteworthy in the sense that they are so heavily concentrated in the region, versus more ...

While there are a number of security risks in the world of electronic commerce, SQL injection is one of the most common Web site attack techniques used to steal customer data such as credit card ...

Security researchers say a massive SQL injection has compromised more than 1.5 million URLs.

SQL injection attacks are on the rise, overall, since valuable data is held within databases, said Paul Davie, founder and chief operating officer of Secerno Ltd., a security vendor that develops ...

A new SQL injection attack aimed at Microsoft IIS web servers has hit some 500,000 websites, including the United Nations, UK Government sites and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. While ...

Web sites across China and Taiwan are being hit by a mass SQL injection attack that has implanted malware in thousands of Web sites, according to a security company in Taiwan.

SQL injection attacks are on the rise, overall, since valuable data is held within databases, said Paul Davie, founder and chief operating officer of Secerno, a security vendor that develops ...