Microsoft Source Code Analyzer for SQL Injection

With the recent mass SQL injection attacks, Microsoft has developed a new static code analysis tool for finding SQL Injection vulnerabilities in ASP code. Web developers can run the tool on their ASP source code to identify the root cause of the attack and address them to reduce their exposure to future attacks. You can download the tool from the Microsoft Download Center and use it on your own infrastructure to test. If you find any bug or what not, just go to this site to report it.

Now, this doesn't mean only web applications are prone to SQL injection attacks. Even Windows-based applications are so make sure you check them as well.

So, you think your secured, patched and updated servers are secure?

So, we patch our servers, subject them to numerous security scans, implement security best practices and expect them to be secured? That's ridiculous.

I have been trying to convince developers how a functional application can be vulnerable if they do not implement security best practices in writing codes. I come from a developer background as well and with tight and unreasonable deadlines, developers are only concerned with functionality and nothing more. But with the increasing incidents of websites being defaced because of SQL injection attacks, there's no doubt that as long as applications are running on servers, there will always be security vulnerabilities. SQL injections attacks are no respecter of platforms nor database engines. So better have a look at your application codes.

A Microsoft blog post on SQL injection attack is available here.