Security researchers have developed a generic technique for SQL injection that bypasses multiple web application firewalls (WAFs). At the core of the issue was WAF vendors failing to add support for ...

Web sites across China and Taiwan are being hit by a mass SQL injection attack that has implanted malware in thousands of Web sites, according to a security company in Taiwan. First detected on May 13 ...

The Honeynet Project, a non-profit organization that develops open-source security research tools, has created a component for the Glastopf Web application honeypot software that can emulate ...

A hacker successfully defaced a page on Microsoft Corp.’s U.K. Web site on Wednesday, resulting in the display of several images, including a photograph of a child waving the flag of Saudi Arabia.

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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 ...

While there are a number of security risks in the world of electronic commerce, SQL injection is one of the most common Web site attack techniques used to steal customer data such as credit card ...

Researchers at Websense have dubbed the attack “LizaMoon” after the first domain victims were redirected to. Once on the redirected site, users were hit with a fake anti-virus scam. When ...

A hacker successfully attacked a Web page within Microsoft Corp.’s U.K. domain on Wednesday, resulting in the display of a photograph of a child waving the flag of Saudi Arabia. It was “unfortunate” ...

Data relating to 8.3 million users of stock-image sites Freepik and Flaticon, both owned by Freepik Co. S.L., have been stolen through an SQL injection attack. The data stolen included the email ...