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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)
1
Section 1: (No)SQL Injection in Theory
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Section 2: SQL Injection in Practice

Summary

In this chapter, we set up the lab environment we need for running our tests. Here's a brief checklist of what we set up so far, with a recap of the tools we will be using.

Our main tool for performing tests in an ethical setup is using virtualization software, to test our attack techniques without damaging any third parties while using free tools and software.

Our main client for running web-based attacks, besides possibly our computer itself, will be a Kali Linux VM for advanced and automated attack techniques. To emulate a vulnerable target web server, we will be using the OWASP BWA VM, containing both traditional web applications vulnerable to SQL injection, and web service attack (representational state transfer (REST)) scenarios, on which other application models, such as IoT architectures, usually rely. Our mobile application scenarios will be run using Android Studio, using its built-in device emulator for the client, and a web service running on our computer...