Sql Injection Explained by Example with Express and PostgreSQL

💻 More Software engineering videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQnljOFTspQXOkIpdwjsMlVqkIffdqZ2K Sql injection is a Type of an attack where an attacker can compromise a backend database. This is usually done by using application inputs to sneak in malicious code which can alter the backend sql to either. 1. Do damage, like dropping a table or update the password of users 2. Retrieve more data that the original query is intended to! 3. overload the database and bring it down In this video we will demonstrate how one might execute a SQL injection, we will show a SQL Injection example. we will go through the code and then finally we will learn how to prevent it. #Postgres #nodejs 3:50 . #SQLInjection Example . Show the code using Express and node-postgres . Preventing the attack Stay Awesome! Hussein