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Advanced Infrastructure Penetration Testing
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Advanced Infrastructure Penetration Testing

by Chiheb Chebbi
February 2018
Intermediate to advanced
396 pages
9h 38m
English
Packt Publishing
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Attacks on database servers 

Databases are a vital component in every organization. They represent a serious target for attackers because they contain sensitive data. Databases are facing many serious threats; these are some of the database attacks:

  • Excessive privileges: This is an attack where the attacker gains unauthorized privileges to access confidential information
  • SQL injection: This is a server-side attack that takes advantage of vulnerabilities in web applications to send unauthorized database queries. 
  • Weak authentication: An attacker can use social engineering attacks and brute forcing to access when the passwords are weak
  • Exposure of backup data: Non-encrypted backups represent a real danger for an organization. All the backups ...
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