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Hack: Massive SQL injection attack

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    Posted: 31 March 2011 at 4:09pm
FYI, be alert:

www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=10833

 

Massive SQL injection attack compromises 380,000 URLs

Posted on 31 March 2011.

 

A massive SQL injection attack campaign has been spotted by Websense researchers, and the number of unique URLs affected by it has risen from 28,000 when first detected yesterday, to 380,000 when the researchers last checked.

 

The injected script redirects users that have landed on the various infected pages to the domain in the script, which then redirects them further to a website simulating an anti-malware check and peddling a rogue AV solution.

 

Both sites are currently offline, say the researchers, but the attackers have started using other domains for redirection, and will likely keep changing them up.

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I have moved this from Web Wiz Forums support forums to the General Discussion Forum as Web Wiz Forums has built in protection against SQL Injections of this kind using multiple defences and filers to limit such attacks.

However, this information would be useful to people building their own websites as any data sent to the web server using querystings, form data, etc. should be filtered for SQL Injection before being used in a database query. If not if this attack become as large as the last outbreak of this kind two years ago allot of websites will be in trouble.
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