{"id":56,"date":"2006-08-25T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2006-08-25T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=56"},"modified":"2018-07-31T16:30:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T23:30:35","slug":"secureworks-finds-sql-injection-hacker-attacks-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/secureworks-finds-sql-injection-hacker-attacks-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"SecureWorks Finds SQL Injection Hacker Attacks on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

SecureWorks<\/a>, a leading Managed IT Security Services Provider, announced that it has seen a dramatic increase in the number of hacker attacks attempted against its banking, credit union and utility clients in the past three months using SQL Injection (a type of Web application attack). “From January through March, we blocked anywhere from 100 to 200 SQL Injection attacks per day,” said SecureWorks CTO Jon Ramsey. “As of April, we have seen that number jump from 1,000 to 4,000 to 8,000 per day,” said Ramsey.<\/p>\n

SQL Injection is a type of security exploit in which the attacker adds Structured Query Language (SQL) code to a Web form input box to gain access to an organization\u2019s resources or to make changes to data. Using this technique, hackers can determine the structure and location of key databases and can download the database or compromise the database server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SecureWorks, a leading Managed IT Security Services Provider, announced that it has seen a dramatic increase in the number of hacker attacks attempted against its banking, credit union and utility clients in the past three months using SQL Injection (a type of Web application attack). “From January through March, we blocked anywhere from 100 to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-security"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t