If your eyes glazed over at the recent announcement of an “SQL injection” vulnerability in WordPress, take heart. You’re not alone. SQL injection attacks are a common kind of security flaw, but are ...

An important aspect of database security is designing your applications to avoid SQL injection attacks. SQL injection is a form of web hacking whereby SQL statements are specified in the fields of a ...

SQL injection attacks have become the most reliable way for hackers to gain access to valuable data on back-end systems, with many high-profile Web sites falling victim to the technique over the last ...

In April, the number of web attacks rose sharply, and Microsoft was quickly blamed for the problems. The software giant investigated and concluded that security groups had jumped to conclusions and ...

Daniel Cid, a developer of a cloud-based firewall/proxy system, was surprised to discover that his product was blocking requests from Google-owned IP addresses. This was unusual, because few websites ...

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 ...

An exploit that takes advantage of database query software that does not thoroughly test the query statement for correctness. Along with cross-site scripting (see XSS), SQL injection is used to break ...

SQL injection attacks are becoming significantly more popular amongst hackers, according to recent data. Between Q1 2012 and Q2 2012, there has been an estimated 69 percent increase of this attack ...

The huge data thefts at Heartland Payment Systems and other retailers resulted from SQL injection attacks and could finally push retailers to deal with Web application security flaws. This week’s ...

SQL is a convenient way to manage and query your data, but badly written queries can tie up your database. Here are seven common SQL traps and how to avoid them. Database developers have it tough.