Security News

Hacker breached 60+ unis, govt agencies via SQL injection (Help Net Security)
2017-02-16 17:16

A hacker tied to the November 2016 penetration of the US Election Assistance Commission and subsequent database sale has successfully targeted 60+ government agencies and universities by...

Oracle 12c VS SQL Server 2012: Truncate Table (IT Toolbox Blogs)
2017-02-13 12:22

Slammer worm slithers back online to attack ancient SQL servers (The Register)
2017-02-05 23:51

SQL Slammer Worm Crawls Back (SecurityWeek)
2017-02-03 13:21

WordPress patches dangerous XSS, SQL injection bugs (ZDNet)
2017-01-30 05:20

WordPress 4.7.2 Update Fixes XSS, SQL Injection Bugs (Threatpost)
2017-01-27 20:19

WordPress fixed three security issues, including a XSS and SQL injection, with WordPress 4.7.2 this week.

An SQL Injection Attack Is a Legal Company Name in the UK (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-04 21:17

Someone just registered their company name as ; DROP TABLE "COMPANIES";-- LTD. Reddit thread. Obligatory xkcd comic....

SQL Injection Attack is Tied to Election Commission Breach (Threatpost)
2016-12-17 14:00

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.

How security flaws work: SQL injection (ArsTechnica)
2016-10-28 13:42

Epic Games Forums Hacked, SQL Injection Vulnerability Blamed (Threatpost)
2016-08-23 17:09

A SQL injection vulnerability is being blamed in the hack of 800,000 users accounts for popular gaming forums run by Epic Games.