Security News

Fighting Fire with Fire: API Automation Risks
2019-01-24 22:03

A look at API attack trends such as the current (and failing) architectural designs for addressing security of these API transactions.

API cybersecurity solution from Ping Identity protects organizations against API threats
2019-01-24 02:00

Ping Identity has made several updates to PingIntelligence for APIs, its AI-powered API cybersecurity solution. These latest enhancements include an AI-based cloud trial, the ability to detect new...

FYI: Twitter's API still spews enough metadata to reveal exactly where you lived, worked
2019-01-08 06:58

Old tweets betray sensitive data under new tools Analysis Researchers have demonstrated yet again that location metadata from Twitter posts can be used to infer private information like users'...

Facebook photo API bug exposed users’ unpublished photos
2018-12-18 11:32

It affected up to 6.8 million users and up to 1,500 apps. “We're sorry this happened,” said Facebook with what must be acute apology fatigue.

Another API bug spurs Google to ditch consumer Google+ sooner than planned
2018-12-11 10:32

Google has unearthed another Google+ API bug, which prompted it to accelerate the sunsetting of all Google+APIs and that of the consumer version of Google+. The API bug The bug was introduced in...

Google+ to Shut Down Early After New API Flaw Hits 52.5 Million Users
2018-12-10 21:03

Google today revealed that Google+ has suffered another massive data breach, forcing the tech giant to shut down its struggling social network four months earlier than its actual scheduled date,...

USPS, Amazon Data Leaks Showcase API Weaknesses
2018-11-26 18:46

The incidents affected millions, just as Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the holiday shopping season kicked off.

U.S. Postal Service API Flaw Exposes Data of 60 Million Customers
2018-11-26 13:47

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has fixed an API flaw that potentially exposed data on 60 million customers. A researcher reported the flaw to USPS more than a year ago; but it wasn't...

US Postal Service Plugs API Flaw - One Year Later
2018-11-22 09:48

Flaw Exposed Personal Data For 60 Million 'Informed Visibility' AccountsA vulnerability in a U.S. Postal Service application for tracking mail in real-time reportedly allowed anyone logged into...