http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=106207 By Jeremy Kirk IDG News Service 28 October 2008 Search engines such as Google are still widely being used by hackers against web applications that hold sensitive data, according to a security expert. Even with rising awareness about data security, it takes all of a few seconds to pluck Social Security numbers from websites using targeted search terms, said Amichai Shulman, founder and chief technology officer for database and application security company Imperva. The fact that Social Security numbers are even on the web is a human error; the information should never be published in the first place. But hackers are using Google in more sophisticated ways to automate attacks against websites, Shulman said. Shulman said Imperva recently discovered a way to execute a SQL injection attack that comes from an IP address that belongs to Google. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Tue Oct 28 2008 - 23:05:51 PDT
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