The Joomla CMS project released today Joomla 3.7.1 to fix an SQL injection flaw that allows attackers to execute custom SQL code on affected systems and take over vulnerable sites. Sucuri analyst Marc ...

When LulzSec bragged way back in June that it had broken into Sony's servers and released the personal information -- including passwords, email addresses, home addresses and birthdays -- of a million ...

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This column is available in a weekly newsletter called IT Best Practices. Click here to subscribe. SQL injection attacks have been around for more than 10 years. Database security experts know they ...

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This is becoming something of a broken record. Did any part of Sony have a clue about protecting their on-line assets? The group, calling itself LulzSec announced via their " Pretentious Press ...

Digging into how sites and web content management systems are most often hacked, and what you can do to reduce the risk of it happening to you. (Editor's note: This story has been updated.) We hear ...