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.

An article appeared in Phrack magazine 11 years ago that discussed a problem that remains a security headache to this day — SQL injection.

SQL injection will take a new turn later this month at Black Hat Europe, when a security researcher shows how to take control of a database server using the technique.