SQL injection is a type of attack where the backend database is manipulated to get access to the information that is prohibited to be shared.

SQL injection is a type of attack where the backend database is manipulated to get access to the information that is prohibited to be shared. The data may consist of numerous items, sensitive data of the company, private customer details. The impact of this attack is very severe and disruptive for the company facing it. A successful attack will cause unauthorized viewing of the customer list, vanished tables, changes in content, the behavior of the web, and sometimes the attacker tries to get access to the administration database all the above causes are very crucial for a company to run. The attacker can continuously attack the company’s system that leads to long-term damage and undergoes unnoticed for an extended period.

Many high-profile companies have faced the attack of SQL injection and seen reputational damage, regulatory fines. SQL injection takes place only because of the companies that use the application of untrusted data like web form fields. When the web page fails to clean the cache before requesting the SQL query at the same time the attacker will also execute their SQL injection that the company will execute.

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