PHP is a very handy — and widespread — Web programming language. But as Tom Scott demonstrates in the video below, it’s also quite vulnerable to a basic SQL injection attack that could give a hacker ...

The single most common database security inquiry I get is, "What's this whole stored procedure parameter thing, and how does it help with SQL injection?"With the Albert Gonzales hearings under way, ...

Typical speed camera traps have built-in OCR software that is used to recognize license plates. A clever hacker decided to see if he could defeat the system by using SQL Injection… The basic premise ...

Dr. Chris Hillman, Global AI Lead at Teradata, joins eSpeaks to explore why open data ecosystems are becoming essential for enterprise AI success. In this episode, he breaks down how openness — in ...

Microsoft has released an improved security filter for its Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server that is designed to help thwart SQL injection attacks. The free application, called UrlScan ...

Attackers can exploit a critical SQL injection vulnerability found in a widely used WordPress plug-in to compromise more than 1 million sites and extract sensitive data such as password hashes from ...

Scrawlr is the latest tool to come out of HP’s Web Security Research Group. It was built in response to the massive number of SQL injection attacks happening on the web this year. Most of these ...