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SQL Injection Strategies

By : Ettore Galluccio, Edoardo Caselli, Gabriele Lombari
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SQL Injection Strategies

By: Ettore Galluccio, Edoardo Caselli, Gabriele Lombari

Overview of this book

SQL injection (SQLi) is probably the most infamous attack that can be unleashed against applications on the internet. SQL Injection Strategies is an end-to-end guide for beginners looking to learn how to perform SQL injection and test the security of web applications, websites, or databases, using both manual and automated techniques. The book serves as both a theoretical and practical guide to take you through the important aspects of SQL injection, both from an attack and a defense perspective. You’ll start with a thorough introduction to SQL injection and its impact on websites and systems. Later, the book features steps to configure a virtual environment, so you can try SQL injection techniques safely on your own computer. These tests can be performed not only on web applications but also on web services and mobile applications that can be used for managing IoT environments. Tools such as sqlmap and others are then covered, helping you understand how to use them effectively to perform SQL injection attacks. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with SQL injection, from both the attack and defense perspective.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Section 1: (No)SQL Injection in Theory
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Section 2: SQL Injection in Practice

Who this book is for

This book is designed for two types of readers. It's primarily aimed at anyone who has basic programming experience (doesn't matter if it's in the mobile, web, or backend domain) and wants to add more value to their work with security capabilities for building more resilient software. Security practitioners are the second group for whom this book is designed. Using the information contained in this book, they will be able to better understand some of the most critical vulnerabilities that are used, every day, to hack systems around the world.

This book follows a step-by-step approach; anyone can learn effective techniques to build highly secure software or a better application testing security posture, even when working on new topics, such as mobile and IoT.