Neowin News Feed for: Injection

GitHub finally fixes 'high' severity security flaw reported by Google Project Zero

Usama Jawad — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 06:44:01 +0000

The "high" severity security flaw in GitHub publicly disclosed by Google's Project Zero team earlier this month has finally been patched. The security team has validated the fix and closed it. Read more...

Google discloses 'high' severity security flaw in GitHub

Usama Jawad — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 06:08:01 +0000

Google's Project Zero team has disclosed a "high" severity security flaw in GitHub following the latter's inability to provide a fix in the 104 days - which includes a grace period - allotted to it. Read more...

SQL injection attack successfully used on MySQL.com

Brandon Boyce — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:48:51 +0000

MySQL.com, home of the popular database software used to power much of the web, was hacked by a SQL injection attack over the weekend. The hackers were able to use the exploit to extract usernames... Read more...

WordPress on GoDaddy.com hacked [Updated]

Andrew Lyle — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:30:09 +0000

Update: GoDaddy has posted a message on Neowin.net, confirming that the sites that were compromised do have an outdated version of WordPress, either active or inactive on their hosting plans. GoDaddy also mentioned that... Read more...

Kaspersky hit with SQL injection

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:30:05 +0000

A group of Romanian hackers had sent a warning email to Kaspersky that an imminent attack is about to happen, and it in fact did just that, 1 hour after sending the email. The... Read more...

Security Experts Warn of Increased SQL Injection Attacks

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:56:15 +0000

Managed IT security services provider SecureWorks announced Tuesday that they have seen a significant rise in the number of attempted SQL injection hacks aimed at some of its financial and utility company clients over the... Read more...