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 ...

It takes the average attacker less than 10 seconds to hack in and out of a database -- hardly enough time for the database administrator to even notice the intruder. So it’s no surprise that many ...

Hackers have posted an email to the Full-Disclosure mailing list that describes the breach of numerous MySQL websites, along with information from MySQL's database, including usernames and passwords.