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SQL Injection Strategies

By : Ettore Galluccio, Edoardo Caselli, Gabriele Lombari
Book Image

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

The attacker – configuring your client machine

In this section, we will show our recommendations in terms of configuration of the machine that will be used for conducting the offensive tests. Bear in mind that other options are possible (which will be described later), but our suggestions prioritize usability and cover a wide array of use cases.

In this book, we will use a client machine running Kali Linux. Kali Linux is free to use and is available on the official Kali Linux website (www.kali.org) for download as a disk image that will be used on the first boot. Each image also includes the possibility to run the system in a Live environment, thus not requiring installation. Since we are using a VM lab to manage both the client and the server side, we will be using regular installation for the purpose of this guide.

Among the possible download options, we recommend Kali Linux 64-Bit for the best compatibility with updated software; alternatively, Kali Linux 32-Bit can...