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A black market hacking tool has the potential to rapidly conduct website scans for SQL injection vulnerabilities at a large scale, all managed from a smartphone through the Telegram messenger.

SQL injection, a technique commonly used to compromise websites, is the second most frequently discussed attack method, being at the center of 19 percent of conversations.

The point of an SQL Injection attack is to compromise a database, which is an organized collection of data and supporting data structures. The data can include user names, passwords, text, etc.

If not, you're knocked back out. The Simple SQL Injection Hack In its simplest form, this is how the SQL Injection works. It's impossible to explain this without reverting to code for just a moment.

SQL Injection SQL injection (SQLi) is a technique that allows an attacker to execute SQL statements in an entry field. This technique was used with great success by the Lulzsec hackers.

A SQL injection flaw can allow a hacker to enter commands into a web-based form and get the backend database to respond. The compromise happened around July 2012, wrote Bit9’s CTO Harry Sverdlove.

Distributed denial of service and SQL injection are the main types of attack discussed on hacking forums, according to new research from security vendor Imperva. Underground discussion forums are ...

A SQL injection flaw can allow a hacker to enter commands into a Web-based form and get the back-end database to respond. The compromise happened around July 2012, wrote Bit9’s CTO Harry Sverdlove.