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Fighting credential stuffing attacks is an uphill battle

Hackers directed credential abuse attempts at retail sites more than 10 billion times from May to December last year, making retail the most targeted segment studied, …

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Modern browser APIs can be abused for hijacking device resources

Powerful capabilities of modern browser APIs could be misused by attackers to take control of a site visitor’s browser, add it to their botnet, and use it for a variety of …

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Another API bug spurs Google to ditch consumer Google+ sooner than planned

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 …

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Countering threats: Steps to take when developing APIs

High profile data breaches resulting from faulty APIs continue to make headlines. In the last few months alone, T-Mobile’s data breach resulted in hackers stealing personal …

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Bring visibility to shadow APIs and ensure that security standards are being met

Last week Data Theorem introduced the industry’s first automated API discovery and security inspection solution aimed at addressing API security threats introduced by today’s …

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The end of Google+: Low usage and an API bug that exposed user data

Google has announced that it will be closing down the consumer version of Google+, its failed answer to Facebook, and is introducing more granular Google Account permissions, …

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Most organizations believe hackers can penetrate their network

Radware released findings from its second annual web application security report, Radware 2018 State of Web Application Security. The report shares an in-depth view of the …

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APIs: The Trojan horses of security

At the moment, within the cybersecurity industry the emphasis tends to be on securing networks with perimeter-based protection, however, leaving an application endpoint …

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Four common API vulnerabilities and how to prevent them

Proper security measures are one of the most important aspects of building an application programming interface, or API. It’s great for an API to connect systems and give …

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Firefox news: Fresh releases, Firefox Quantum for Enterprise, privacy protections

Firefox 59 (for desktop and mobile) and Firefox ESR 52.7 have been released to the public. Privacy enhancements and security fixes The former sports some performance …

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Widespread API use heightens cybersecurity risks

A new Imperva survey showed a heightened concern for cybersecurity risk related to API use. Specifically, 63 percent of respondents are most worried about DDoS threats, bot …

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DLP APIs: The next frontier for Data Loss Prevention

According to the Breach Level Index, there have been 7,094,922,061 data records lost or stolen since 2013 with 4,417,760 records lost or stolen every day, 184,073 records …

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