Microsoft Got Hacked!, Via a SQL injection attack

[tckrockz]

The official Microsoft U.K. Domain was attacked and defaced by a hacker identified as rEmOtEr. Microsoft confirmed that the hack has been successful. rEmOtEr altered a webpage in the Microsoft.co.uk domain with two images and multiple references to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The U.K. branch of the Redmond company managed to fix the problem, and the functionality of the website is back to normal parameters. The webpage
hacked dealt with Microsoft events and can be found here. In the adjacent image you can see how the hacker defaced the page, courtesy of Zone-H.

http://www.zone-h.org/images/june07/microsoft_hacked.jpg

Roger Halbheer, chief security advisor for Microsoft in Europe, the Middle East and Africa admitted that the hack was successful and revealed that the whole event was unfortunate. According to Microsoft, no sensitive information was compromised in the attack. This is a clear indication that the hack was done for show, rather than to actually cause any harm. Another argument that supports such a scenario is the fact that rEmOtEr took time to document the hack in two separate video fragments. You will be able to watch for yourselves the live hacking via the two "remoter_vs_microsoft.avi" files.

The hack was possible mainly because of the fact that the database was allowed to return error messages explained Halbheer, as cited by InfoWorld. The attack was possible through a technique referred to as SQL injection. This fact is also confirmed by the hacker in the two videos that were made available. Via Structured Query Language injection rEmOtEr was able to gain access to the database. In the video fragments you will be able to see how easy the hacker obtains both usernames and passwords for the database. Working his way from error message to error message, rEmOtEr finally could switch from SQL queries with an unexpected form to direct instructions to the database.

Source : http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-G...ked-58708.shtml (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Got-Hacked-58708.shtml)

[nAPs2JAAN]

kawda ban me wadakaru??

[tckrockz]

kawda ban me wadakaru??
rEmOtEr niyanma porak ne

[nAPs2JAAN]

rEmOtEr niyanma porak ne
adoo fatta fatta
Hoda wade Microsoft kaarayannta

ela molakaarayek wenna athi hokennda dannaha hacking igana gaththe?

[Aphoo]

Good that da website is back to normal......:)

[tckrockz]

adoo fatta fatta
Hoda wade Microsoft kaarayannta

ela molakaarayek wenna athi hokennda dannaha hacking igana gaththe?
:lol: :lol: :lol: ow ban podak hoya ganana onna okawa me tamil net ekata wadak denna

[tckrockz]

anywayz mama giya tc bs bye gnyto

[nAPs2JAAN]

:lol: :lol: :lol: ow ban podak hoya ganana onna okawa me tamil net ekata wadak denna
yaaa noob LTTE :angry:
me dial eka genna gaththanan hari wadeta :lol: :lol:

[nAPs2JAAN]

anywayz mama giya tc bs bye gnyto
ooops nite again ;)

[Michael]

Happa Pissu Hedei :shocked: :lol:

[DIRTY X]

maru ne... :cool:

[nAPs2JAAN]

Happa Pissu Hedei :shocked: :lol:
ko diwa eliyata daana balanna
parissam wenna one
ko ithin diwa eliyata dannako pissu hadilada balanna :D :D :D :lol:

[DIRTY X]

yaaa noob LTTE :angry:
me dial eka genna gaththanan hari wadeta :lol: :lol:
ha ha math me kiyanna haduwe... :lol: :lol: :lol:

[DIRTY X]

ko diwa eliyata daana balanna
parissam wenna one
ko ithin diwa eliyata dannako pissu hadilada balanna :D :D :D :lol:
amuthuwen balanna deyak na bun... :P :P :lol: :lol:
neda miki... :P :P :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Michael]

ko diwa eliyata daana balanna
parissam wenna one
ko ithin diwa eliyata dannako pissu hadilada balanna :D :D :D :lol:
Man Hedei Ne Kiwwe. hedila Nemeine :lol:

[Michael]

amuthuwen balanna deyak na bun... :P :P :lol: :lol:
neda miki... :P :P :lol: :lol: :lol:
:yes: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[nAPs2JAAN]

ha ha math me kiyanna haduwe... :lol: :lol: :lol:
mara molayak habai :yes:

[Sujakshan]

maara waedakaarayek ne...!!!
""rEmOtEr............""

Arabic ekkek wage ne......!!!?

[KishanW]

yaaa noob LTTE :angry:
me dial eka genna gaththanan hari wadeta :lol: :lol:
:yes: :lol: :lol: :lol: aniwa uuwa hire karamu ee wadeeta:lol: :lol: :lol:

[crazy_m]

Ooooh! now that sm news:shocked:

[tckrockz]

yaaa noob LTTE :angry:
me dial eka genna gaththanan hari wadeta :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: ow ban dan ma email ekak yawala hoya ganan onna

[tckrockz]

Happa Pissu Hedei :shocked: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: me meka hoda porak

[MCLINER]

ohh if microsoft cnt prevent dose sql injection attacks api gena mona kathaada

[Anusha]

At least now they will know that's it's just a matter of TIME :D

[SAN_APIIT]

Thanks for the info....

Microsoft ekata hoda wade.... They are the real pirates.....

[x-pert]

Can prevent these kinda attacks.... Dont know what the hell M*cro$oft is doing... :P :P :P

Mooda yakku :lol: :P :P :P

[MCLINER]

Can prevent these kinda attacks.... Dont know what the hell M*cro$oft is doing... :P :P :P

Mooda yakku :lol: :P :P :P
hehe ayeth ahala....


:lol:

[Anusha]

Thanks for the info....

Microsoft ekata hoda wade.... They are the real pirates.....
It's not a good thing to blame others to cover up your own faults :rolleyes:

[Tuffey]

hmmm.......... seems to be even Microsoft is not safe.............:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:

[SAN_APIIT]

It's not a good thing to blame others to cover up your own faults :rolleyes:

What do u mean by your own faults....

[Anusha]

What do u mean by your own faults....
Not exactly faults....
let's say misdoing :D
such as software piracy etc. :P

[Anusha]

hmmm.......... seems to be even Microsoft is not safe.............:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:
Nobody's safe.
But if you don't brag about yourself, attackers won't notice :D

[prasadana2]

weda karu..

[SAN_APIIT]

Not exactly faults....
let's say misdoing :D
such as software piracy etc. :P

Well u can put me out of the list... non of my running os are pirated, Including Vista.... :yes:

And for Microsoft most of them are stolen technologies. any way with a crap os like vista it looks like the days os Microsoft is ending......

[hemalsilva]

Thanks for the informations

[Anusha]

Well u can put me out of the list... non of my running os are pirated, Including Vista.... :yes:

And for Microsoft most of them are stolen technologies. any way with a crap os like vista it looks like the days os Microsoft is ending......
:D

Let's stop this Microsoft vs. others war right now.

[~ShImMeRiNg~]

ooo coooll lol..hahha

[SAN_APIIT]

:D

Let's stop this Microsoft vs. others war right now.

Yeah,:yes: anyway we are all pirates this way or the other ne..... ;)

And thanks for the info....... :D

[Anusha]

Yeah,:yes: anyway we are all pirates this way or the other ne..... ;)

And thanks for the info....... :D
What info? :-S