Retail and other industries that accept payment cards for transactions say the infamous SQL injection attack is either intensifying or remaining status quo. In a new Ponemon Institute report on SQL ...

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 ...

A little-known botnet has put a different spin on the recent wave of SQL injection attacks on thousands of Websites: It’s outfitting its bots with its own tool to launch SQL injection attacks on ...

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 ...

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.

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 to pay serious attention to Web ...

This column is available in a weekly newsletter called IT Best Practices. Click here to subscribe. SQL injection attacks have been around for more than 10 years. Database security experts know they ...

With millions of personal records and payment card information stolen on a regular basis, several recently released reports independently confirm some of the main sources of breaches. Not surprisingly ...