Database hacker handbook

This data is passed to a database query directly, so if the user inputs the username fred and the password sesame into the form, the SQL query looks like this:. In this example, the problems occur when the user specifies a string with a single quote in it.

The user can submit a username like this:. Skip to main content. Authors: Seymour Bosworth, M. Kabay, Eric Whyne. Computer security touches every part of our daily lives from our computers and connected devices to the wireless signals around us.

Breaches have real and immediate financial, privacy, and safety consequences. This handbook has compiled advice from top professionals working in the real world about how to minimize the possibility. Privacy Policy. New eBooks.

Search Engine. Databases are the nerve center of our economy. Every piece of your personal information is stored there-medical records, bank accounts, employment history, pensions, car registrations, even your children's grades and what groceries you buy. Database attacks are potentially crippling-and relentless. In this essential follow-up to The Shellcoder's Handbook, four of the world's top security experts teach you to break into and defend the seven most popular database servers.