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Uncle Sam's had it up to here with 'unforgivable' SQL injection flaws
2024-03-26 16:45

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CISA urges software devs to weed out SQL injection vulnerabilities
2024-03-25 18:26

CISA and the FBI urged executives of technology manufacturing companies to prompt formal reviews of their organizations' software and implement mitigations to eliminate SQL injection security vulnerabilities before shipping.In SQL injection attacks, threat actors "Inject" maliciously crafted SQL queries into input fields or parameters used in database queries, exploiting vulnerabilities in the application's security to execute unintended SQL commands, such as exfiltrating, manipulating, or deleting sensitive data stored in the database.

Hackers steal data of 2 million in SQL injection, XSS attacks
2024-02-06 07:00

A threat group named 'ResumeLooters' has stolen the personal data of over two million job seekers after compromising 65 legitimate job listing and retail sites using SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks. ResumeLooters primarily employs SQL injection and XSS to breach targeted sites, mainly job-seeking and retail shops.

Hackers are targeting exposed MS SQL servers with Mimic ransomware
2024-01-10 14:59

Hackers are brute-forcing exposed MS SQL database servers to deliver Mimic ransomware, Securonix researchers are warning. Mimic ransomware was first spotted in the wild in June 2022 and analyzed by Trend Micro researchers in January 2023.

Hackers target Microsoft SQL servers in Mimic ransomware attacks
2024-01-09 18:50

A group of financially motivated Turkish hackers targets Microsoft SQL servers worldwide to encrypt the victims' files with Mimic ransomware. "The timeline for the events was about one month from initial access to the deployment of MIMIC ransomware on the victim domain."

Turkish Hackers Exploiting Poorly Secured MS SQL Servers Across the Globe
2024-01-09 13:45

Poorly secured Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) servers are being targeted in the U.S., European Union, and Latin American (LATAM) regions as part of an ongoing financially motivated campaign to gain...

3CX warns customers to disable SQL database integrations
2023-12-15 17:30

VoIP communications company 3CX warned customers today to disable SQL Database integrations because of risks posed by what it describes as a potential vulnerability. Although the security advisory released today lacks any specific information regarding the issue, it advises customers to take preventive measures by disabling their MongoDB, MsSQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database integrations.

New Hacker Group 'GambleForce' Tageting APAC Firms Using SQL Injection Attacks
2023-12-14 06:30

A previously unknown hacker outfit called GambleForce has been attributed to a series of SQL injection attacks against companies primarily in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region since at least...

Microsoft: Hackers target Azure cloud VMs via breached SQL servers
2023-10-04 14:53

Hackers have been observed trying to breach cloud environments through Microsoft SQL Servers vulnerable to SQL injection. The attacks Microsoft observed start with exploiting an SQL injection vulnerability in an application in the target's environment.

Microsoft Warns of Cyber Attacks Attempting to Breach Cloud via SQL Server Instance
2023-10-04 10:18

Microsoft has detailed a new campaign in which attackers unsuccessfully attempted to move laterally to a cloud environment through a SQL Server instance. "The attackers initially exploited a SQL...