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Here I have a malware sample that calls RegQueryValueEx quite frequently, without any time interruption. And as we can see, the result is quite often "BUFFER OVERFLOW". In another topic I read that this means that the allocated b… Continue reading Very frequent calls to same Windows API function by malware
I am trying to implement measures against csrf in my client spa.
I have the following question, since it is difficult for me to use the Signed Double-Submit Cookie.
It is possible to implement a csrf preventive measure, where the client ge… Continue reading javascript app preventing csrf
By Uzair Amir
Delve into automated versus manual API testing for efficient software delivery. See how automation speeds validation while manual…
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How Does Automated API Testing Differ from M… Continue reading How Does Automated API Testing Differ from Manual API Testing: Unveiling the Advantages
I have recently seen some legacy systems which used an unofficial Google API to perform spell checking. Clients would send a list of words to http://www.google.com/tbproxy/spell which would respond with spelling suggestions.
I am curious i… Continue reading Was Google’s unofficial spell check API part of a huge data breach?
I have an application that retrieves and publishes information in an API with GET and UPDATE methods. And this application is under the umbrella of a SSO federated environment.
How would it be possible to get access to this API passing the… Continue reading Access API using SSO with saml2 [closed]
By Owais Sultan
Weather applications have become an integral part of our daily lives. These apps, which provide us with real-time…
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Weather Wonders: A Guide to Crafting a Dynamic App Using W… Continue reading Weather Wonders: A Guide to Crafting a Dynamic App Using Weather APIs
I’m currently working on a UWP app that involves validating redemption codes against a Cloudflare KV storage backend. That’s all the backend server is for.
I want the app to check the redemption code against Cloudflare KV using an API toke… Continue reading Secure API token handling in Windows app: the token is needed to authenticate the requests to a backend server
A while ago Twitter made changes to their API that prevents the use of third party clients. Reddit apparent did something simmilar. How is that possible on a technical level?
The way I understand it, if you open the official twitter app or… Continue reading How can Twitter and other platforms prevent third party clients from using their API?
HMAC signatures are very commonly used for webhook authorization from service to consumer.
Examples:
Stripe
Slack
Twilio
Twitter
GitHub
and hundreds and hundreds more. This seems a near universal design decision.
Yet, the other direction… Continue reading Why are HMAC signatures frequently used for webhook authorization but not other HTTP API requests?