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SQL injection attacks jumped 69% in Q2
- TruthElixirX 14y agoI wonder, and I am just pulling this out of my ass, if this is anything like the Skyscraper Index. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_Index Perhaps we see this many SQL Injections because money is getting thrown around too liberally (and bad coders are getting more work) and is a precursor to a bubble. Does anyone know how this news correlates with past SQL injection numbers, and if it has increased relative to the amount of internet usage?
- chimi 14y agoMy website monitors were going off the charts one day and I started investigating. Tons of SQL Injection attempts were flooding my servers. Without much difficulty, I tracked the IPs to a company that does security checking and reporting. I never requested such a test. Later, that company sent me an email saying my site was insecure because they sent a SQL injection request and the response included lots of SQL. They wanted to sell me a comprehensive report and methodology to eliminate similar threats in the future. Turns out, the SQL their threat detection system found was in a static html blog post where I was telling people how to build a particular type of SQL Statement. I did not purchase the "services" they were selling.
- ca98am79 14y agoNot only is it unethical that they scanned your server like that, but you could probably press charges or sue them for it, if you wanted.