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 ...

Rising number of SQL injection hack attacks against banks The past three months has seen a dramatic increase in the number of hack attacks attempted against banks, credit unions and utility companies ...

If, like about 10 million other folks, you're a Java developer, you probably want to know how to keep Java code secure. Developers will always need to stay on top of tips and best practices to tackle ...

Web systems are designed to be simple and reliable. Designing for the everyday person is the goal, but if you don’t consider the odd man out, they may encounter some problems. This is the everyday ...

In a recent blog post, Daniel Cid, CTO of Securi, a company that provides website security monitoring and related services, published details of a recent SQL Injection (SQLi) attempt. That in itself ...

As one of the longest-lingering burrs in the saddles of database security and application security professionals, SQL injection continues to plague the Web application world for a myriad of reasons.

A hacker offered to sell an unpatched system vulnerability in the U.S. Election Assistance Commission website on the Dark Web for “thousands” of dollars. Just as cybersecurity concerns over the U.S.

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 ...

This week’s disclosure that the huge data thefts at Heartland Payment Systems and other retailers resulted from SQL injection attacks could finally push retailers into paying serious attention to Web ...

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 ...