An airline cockpit access system vulnerable to a single quote in a login box. White-hat hackers quietly holding an entire flight database. And tech interviews that feel more like interrogations than conversations. In this SEEK Bytes episode, the crew dig deeper into real-world security failures and then we pivot into raw, honest engineering interview horror stories and practical tips for staying human and effective under pressure.

In this episode, we explore:

• How a real airline security system got hacked via SQL injection – and why exposing raw SQL errors, skipping extra checks and trusting third parties blindly can be so dangerous.

• The basics of SQL injection and how to defend against it – in plain language, with examples of string concatenation gone wrong, parameterised queries done right, and the top attack types every engineer should know.

• What good (and bad) tech interviews look like in practice – red flags to run from, how to manage “exam panic”, and why being human, curious and clear about your gaps can still set you apart.

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