Skip to content
Off-topic for aiqbench

Off-topic for aiqbench

This story was gathered from a source we follow but falls outside AI and quantum coverage, so there is no aiqbench take for it.

Hackers Hid a Remote-Control Toolkit Inside Oracle to Take Over a Windows Server

Cybersecurity News4 min read

A routine web application weakness has been tied to a serious Windows Server compromise after attackers used SQL injection to plant a remote-control toolkit inside an Oracle database. The incident shows how a poorly protected form can become a path from a public website to the operating system behind it. The attackers targeted a public-facing […] The post Hackers Hid a Remote-Control Toolkit Inside Oracle to Take Over a Windows Server appeared first on Cyber Security News.

A routine web application weakness has been tied to a serious Windows Server compromise after attackers used SQL injection to plant a remote-control toolkit inside an Oracle database. The incident shows how a poorly protected form can become a path from a public website to the operating system behind it. The attackers targeted a public-facing Java and Tomcat application connected to Oracle. By submitting database commands through an autocomplete search feature that…

Excerpt shown under the publisher's RSS terms · 72 words · full text and figures are on the publisher's site

Related coverage