Blackboard has become aware of a mass phishing scam targeting customers using Blackboard Learn. To be clear, Blackboard Learn has not been hacked — these are emails sent directly from a spammer to emails it may have harvested by spidering the institution's websites for email addresses.
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You may not know what a SQL injection (SQLI) attack is or how it works, but you definitely know about the victims. Target, Yahoo, Zappos, Equifax, Epic Games, TalkTalk, LinkedIn, and Sony Pictures—these companies were all hacked by cybercriminals using SQL injections.
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Even though this vulnerability is known for over 20 years, injections still rank number 3 in the OWASP's Top 10 for web vulnerabilities. In 2021, 718 vulnerabilities with the type “SQL injections” have been accepted as a CVE. So the answer is: Yes, SQL injections are still a thing.Jun 10, 2020
Using SQL injection, a hacker will try to enter a specifically crafted SQL commands into a form field instead of the expected information. The intent is to secure a response from the database that will help the hacker understand the database construction, such as table names.
SQL injection, also known as insertion, is a malicious technique that exploits vulnerabilities in a target website's SQL-based application software by injecting malicious SQL statements or by exploiting incorrect input.