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This 9 page paper looks at a recent hacking attack to assess the cause and impact. The event examined is the SQL injection attack on the Nokia Developer Forum in August 2011. The event is outlined including an examination of and the method of hacking using the injection of malicious code into an open part of the system. The vulnerability is explored and action which may be taken to prevent SQL injection attacks being successful are also considered. Tne bibliography cites 11 sources.
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9 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS65_TEslqnokia.doc
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regarding some of the developers that participated on the developer community forum (Peckhamm 2011). The details obtained by the hackers included information such as e-mail addresses, birth dates, as well
as usernames for the Nokia Community Forum and other online applications such as Skype, ICQ, AIM, MSN and Yahoo! (Cluley, 2011). In commercial terms the breach was relatively limited, with
information obtained by the hackers regarding the users being relatively limited, (Meyer, 2011). However, it maybe argued this was a breach that should never have occurred; it was not the
result of a sophisticated attack which could not be avoided, the hackers utilized a well-known hacking technique in order to exploit vulnerabilities in the system which should not have been
present. In order to examine this event, the way in which the breach itself occurred, the impact of the breach on individuals and the organization and the way in which
the breach occurred can be examined. The hackers attacked the Nokia developer forum network, utilizing a relatively old technique called SQL injection. This approach, which will be explained more fully
later, facilitated the hackers ability to gain a table with information regarding forum users, as well as make some changes to the forum which ensured that users would know that
the network had been compromised by a hacker. The first indication that the system had been hacked was seen when users were diverted to a page which stated "it
was owned by pr0tect0r AKA mrNRG" with a message that berated the lack of security practiced by Nokia (Cluley, 2011). The actual identity of this hacked has never been revealed,
but it is believed that they originate fro India (Rashid, 2011). The page had an image of the cartoon character Homer Simpson, a character noted for his own incompetence,
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