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SQL Injection Attacks and Defense

Winner of the Best Book Bejtlich Read in 2009 award! "SQL injection is probably the number one problem for any server-side application, and this book is unequaled in its co… Read more

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Winner of the Best Book Bejtlich Read in 2009 award!

"SQL injection is probably the number one problem for any server-side application, and this book is unequaled in its coverage." Richard Bejtlich, http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/

SQL injection represents one of the most dangerous and well-known, yet misunderstood, security vulnerabilities on the Internet, largely because there is no central repository of information to turn to for help. This is the only book devoted exclusively to this long-established but recently growing threat. It includes all the currently known information about these attacks and significant insight from its contributing team of SQL injection experts.

Key features

  • What is SQL injection?-Understand what it is and how it works
  • Find, confirm, and automate SQL injection discovery
  • Discover tips and tricks for finding SQL injection within the code
  • Create exploits using SQL injection
  • Design to avoid the dangers of these attacks

Readership

Penetration testers, IT security consultants and practitioners, and web/software developers

Table of contents

Chapter 1: What is SQL Injection?
Chapter 2: Testing for SQL Injection
Chapter 3: Reviewing Code for SQL Injection
Chapter 4: Exploiting SQL Injection
Chapter 5: Blind SQL Injection Exploitation
Chapter 6: Exploiting the Operating System
Chapter 7: Advanced Topics
Chapter 8: Code-Level Defenses
Chapter 9: Platform-Level Defenses
Chapter 10: References

Review quotes

"With SQL Injection Attacks and Defense penetration testers now have a resource to fill in the gaps between all of the scattered tutorials on the Internet. Learn to recognize and take advantage of SQL injection flaws of all varieties on all platforms."—Devon Kearns, IS Security Analyst

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About the author

JC

Justin Clarke-Salt

Justin Clarke (CISSP, CISM, CISA, MCSE, CEH) is a cofounder and executive director of Gotham Digital Science, based in the United Kingdom. He has over ten years of experience in testing the security of networks, web applications, and wireless networks for large financial, retail, and technology clients in the United States, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
Affiliations and expertise
Justin Clarke(CISSP, CISM, CISA, MCSE, CEH) is a cofounder and executive director of Gotham Digital Science, based in the United Kingdom. He has over ten years of experience in testing the security of networks, web applications, and wireless networks for large financial, retail, and technology clients in the United States, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

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