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The security and privacy issues with APIs and third-party app developers are something that’s not just Facebook is dealing with.
A bug in Twitter’s API inadvertently exposed some users’ direct messages (DMs) and protected tweets to unauthorized third-… Continue reading Twitter API Flaw Exposed Users Messages to Wrong Developers For Over a Year
During “Ask The Architect” at the Devoxx UK 2018 conference, Oracle’s chief architect, Mark Reinhold, called Java’s serialization mechanism a “horrible mistake” and a virtually endless source of security vulnerabilit… Continue reading Will Dropping Serialization from Java Remove the Vulnerabilities?
Apple is making it easier for mobile developers to port their iOS apps to the next-generation macOS Mojave desktop platform—a major step in bringing the two platforms closer together.
However, at the same time, the company straightforward denied the i… Continue reading Apple will let users run iOS apps on macOS
An analysis of 10,000 mobile apps has found that a significant portion of them are open to web API hijacking – thanks to inconsistencies between app and server logic in web APIs. Continue reading WARDroid Uncovers Mobile Threats to Millions of Users Worldwide