In this article, Jason Macy – CTO of Forum Systems, provides insight into the Instagram data breach This is the continuing saga of cloud and mobile applications being exposed by API development toolkits that do not have inherent API security capabilities … Read More
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Instagram API Security – Too Little Too Late
The Instagram API vulnerability was exposed via a REST API used by the Instagram Mobile App to perform a password reset. By capturing the format that the Instagram App used to make the password reset, a brute force attack was then created to … Read More
API Security and MySQL — A match made in Hell
What do API Security and MySQL have in common? Not much one hopes, especially if you are responsible for implementing enterprise-wide API Security. When picking any security product, particularly an API Security Gateway, an enterprise should carefully evaluate the architecture and components … Read More
How to Secure APIs from HTTP Method Attacks
In this series on the Top 10 API threats and How to Prevent Them, Forum Systems shares security insights compiled over many years, delivering secure and reliable solutions for web services and API modernization initiatives. #3 How to Secure APIs from HTTP Method Attacks … Read More
API Security – Taking the plunge
Dear Readers: Forum Systems and the security community need your help in raising API Security awareness. Forum Systems has been at the forefront of API Security for over 16 years. Our relentless efforts in educating IT professionals on how best to … Read More
API Security and OWASP Top 10
API Security has become a central concern in deploying APIs across portals, devices and cloud services. OWASP Top 10 2017 – RC1 includes API Security provisions. … Read More
How to Prevent SSL Vulnerabilities Using Powerful API Security
In this series on the Top 10 API threats and How to Prevent Them, Forum Systems shares security insights compiled over many years, delivering secure and reliable solutions for web services and API modernization initiatives. … Read More