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 ...

A new version of phpMyAdmin has been released to plug two serious security holes that could lead to SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks. According to an advisory from the maintainers of the ...

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 into paying serious attention to Web ...

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 ...

According to Michael Perone, Barracuda's executive vice president, the attack occurred when the company's web application firewall was accidentally set in passive monitoring mode during a weekend ...

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 ...