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Developers with WordPress fixed three security issues this week, including a cross-site scripting and a SQL injection vulnerability, with the latest version of the CMS. The update, 4.7.2, was pushed Thursday, only two weeks after developers released the previous version. Aaron Campbell, a WordPress core contributor, announced the update – a security release – on WordPress’ […]
What’s interesting when I come across a new piece of software is how the initial impressions change after reading the code. If you’re looking to setup a new YouTube® style website, PHP Melody ranks highly for many search terms; it’s convincingly marketed and looks polished even to an expert eye. But what about their claim: […]
There are numerous strategies by way of which you can hack the web sites but sq. Injection method is the one of the nice strategies that is used ideally through many hacker. The use of those strategies it is easy to hack the database and statistics of the web sites. Right here in this newsletter […]
A “SQL injection” (SQLI) attack is an exploit that takes advantage of poor web development techniques and, typically combined with, faulty database security. The result of a successful attack can range from impersonating a user account to a complete compromise of the respective database or server. Unlike a DDoS attack, an SQLI attack is completely […]
SQL injection exposes nearly 20,000 usernames and passwords. The Hungarian Human Rights Foundation website was hacked a few minutes ago by Kapustkiy and CyberZeist, who managed to get access to over 20,000 accounts and personal information, including phone numbers and home addresses. Security pentester Kapustkiy told us that the data breach was possible with a […]
Belkin’s WeMo home automation firmware that’s in use in several IoT devices has recently been found vulnerable to an SQL injection. Belkin’s WeMo home automation firmware that’s in use in its light bulbs, switches, security cameras, coffee makers and room heaters has recently been found vulnerable to an SQL injection. The hack allows root privileges […]
Information Security experts have discovered an SQL injection zero-day vulnerability in Joomla component ja-k2-filter-and-search. Information Security Researchers Dimitrios Roussis and Evangelos Apostoloudis have discovered an SQL injection vulnerability in component ja-k2-filter-and-search(https://www.joomlart.com/joomla/extensions/ja-k2-search) of Joomla, a popular open-source Content Management System (CMS). This component has been used in various Joomla sites. Through the use of the sqlmap […]
Even during August’s holiday season, if you type ‘hacktivists’ in Google News – just for the last week you will get more than 300 news reports mentioning attacks conducted byfamous hacktivists and hacking groups. However, not all of them are actually launched by the original “brand” owners. Several weeks ago, a financial company contacted High-Tech […]
Concern about more attacks mounting as presidential elections approach. Someone using servers in the US, England, Scotland, and the Netherlands stole voter registration from one state’s Board of Elections website in June and attacked another state’s elections website in August, according to a restricted “Flash” memorandum sent out by the FBI’s Cyber Division. The bureau issued […]
Two hackers were able to steal email addresses and easily crackable passwords from three separate forums in this latest hack. Over 25 million accounts associated with forums hosted by Russian internet giant Mail.ru have been stolen by hackers. Two hackers carried out attacks on three separate game-related forums in July and August. One forum alone […]
The Navis WebAccess application used in the transportation sector worldwide is affected by a high severity SQL injection vulnerability. A software used in the US ports is affected by a high severity SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2016-5817). The flaw was discovered by a hacker behind the online moniker “bRpsd,” the expert has discovered the vulnerability in […]
More than 800,000 usernames and email addresses were taken, but most of the passwords aren’t readable or easily crackable. The company later confirmed. A hacker has stolen hundreds of thousands of forum accounts associated with Unreal Engine and its maker, Epic Games. More than 808,000 accounts were stolen in the attack — with more than […]
What is a SQL Injection? Full form of SQL is Structured Query Language. It is used to retrieve and manipulate data in the database. SQL Injection is an attack that poisons dynamic SQL statements to comment out certain parts of the statement or appending a condition that will always be true. How SQL Injection Works […]
ANONYMOUS POLAND HACKED WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY AND COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT’S SERVERS’ SERVER AND LEAKED PERSONAL DETAILS FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT REASON! A Twitter account claiming affiliation with Anonymous Poland hacktivist group recently contacted HackRead with a data file stolen from the World Anti-Doping Agency and Court of Arbitration for Sport’s servers (WADA-CAS). The hacker […]
There is a common misconception that all things Linux are bulletproof. The fact is, no software is infallible. When news of a Linux vulnerability hits, some Windows and Mac fans like to taunt users of the open source kernel. Sure, it might be in good fun, but it can negatively impact the Linux community’s reputation — a blemish, if you […]
Blind SQL injection vectors are considered either partial-blind or full-blind in terms of feedback provided to the attacker. Often SQL injection vulnerabilities will be blind when the web application is configured to show only generic error messages, but has not mitigated the SQL injection vulnerability, or when injecting into an INSERT statement where the attacker […]
Hardcore fetish forum, Rosebutt Board hacked, traceable personal details leaked. The online hardcore fetish forum called Rosebutt Board was hacked by unknown hackers who leaked personal identifiable information of more than 100,000 user details online. The leaked details include usernames, IP addresses, email addresses and weakly-hashed passwords which could be used to trace the forum users and […]
Security researchers 2, Radamant coder 0.Researchers from InfoArmor, an Arizona-based cyber-security firm, have discovered an SQL injection flaw in the control panel of the Radamant ransomware that allows them to trick the C&C server into starting the decryption process without user interaction or without users paying the ransom. The Radamant ransomware family was first spotted […]
Short Bytes: Just like DDoS attacks, SQL injection attacks too are pretty infamous in the internet world. They are responsible for about 27% of the total online attacks and thus they demand your attention. Read more to know different aspects and how an SQL injection attack works. SQL injection attacks are one of the most […]
SAP patched a dozen holes in its in-memory management system, HANA, that could have led to SQL injection attacks, cross-site scripting (XSS) errors, and memory corruption vulnerabilities. Many of the bugs were addressed by the company months ago, but it wasn’t until Tuesday that Onapsis, the security firm that dug up the vulnerabilities, disclosed them. […]
A newly discovered malware family that preys on jailbroken iPhones has collected login credentials for more than 225,000 Apple accounts, making it one of the largest Apple account compromises to be caused by malware. KeyRaider, as the malware family has been dubbed, is distributed through a third-party repository ofCydia, which markets itself as an alternative […]