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Archive for December 2010

Security Testing – SQL Injection

Now a day, Security Testing plays a leading role in developed software subjected to testing. SQL injection technique gains more importance, when Security testing is concerned. SQL Injection vulnerabilities can cause a lot of damage to a web application. A malicious user can possibly view records, delete records, drop tables or gain access to server

Many applications use some type of a database. An application under test might have some form of user interface that accepts user input that may perform some of the following tasks

1.    Show the relevant stored data to the user e.g. the application checks the credentials of the user using the log in information entered by the user and exposes only the relevant functionality and data to the user