Question

A security administrator has replaced the firewall and notices a number of dropped connections. After looking at the data the security administrator sees the following information that was flagged as a possible issue:

"SELECT * FROM" and ‘1’ = ‘1’

Which of the following can the security administrator determine from this?

1. An SQL injection attack is being attempted
2. Legitimate connections are being dropped
3. A network scan is being done on the system
4. An XSS attack is being attempted

Answer 1

An SQL injection attack is being attempted

Step-by-step explanation:

SQL injection attack is a code injection technique, used to attack data-driven applications, in which malicious SQL statements are inserted into an entry field for execution which may result in the unauthorized viewing of user lists, the deletion of entire tables and, in certain cases, the attacker gaining administrative rights to a database.