Cybersecurity
Attackers hid malware inside Oracle Database after SQL injection breach
Huntress has documented a case where the Oracle database itself became the malware host.
Summary
Huntress has documented a case where the Oracle database itself became the malware host. The security firm disclosed a campaign in which threat actors exploited a SQL injection vulnerability to store a custom post-exploitation toolkit, dubbed Khunt, inside an Oracle database using the platform’s built-in Java capabilities.
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