Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are the backbone of many services and applications, enabling different software to interact with each other seamlessly. However, with this increased ...
API keys are a simple authentication method, essentially a unique code used to identify an application. However, as an ...
Nov 11, 2025 - Jeremy Snyder - A common analogy for APIs is that they are LEGO blocks, or more specifically, APIs are the little studs and slots that allow you to attach LEGO pieces to each other and ...
We wouldn’t consider Windows authentication as a feasible strategy as you cannot expose your service over the Internet if you leverage Windows authentication. Forms authentication uses the ASP.Net ...
This paper explains how to use the Java Authentication and Authorization API (JAAS). It plugs JAAS into the Struts framework. Though this paper focuses on Struts, and in particular the example ...
You have a lot of options to choose from when laying out an authorization structure for mobile applications that communicate with a web API. For basic scenarios with low to medium security ...
In previous posts I have discussed in depth the importance of authorization, specifically dynamic authorization, to control access to critical information assets. However, authorization is only a ...
Cybersecurity firm Salt Labs discovered a GraphQL API authorization vulnerability in a large B2B financial technology platform. It would give attackers the ability to submit unauthorized transactions ...
Attack surface management company Intruder Solutions Ltd. today announced the launch of AutoSwagger, a free, open-source tool that scans OpenAPI-documented application programming interfaces for ...