Techgenyz

API Testing: Critical Checks That Prevent Failure

API testing tests four critical areas: endpoints, payloads, authentication and error handling before software reaches ...
Bleeping Computer

GitHub can now auto-block commits containing API keys, auth tokens

GitHub has announced on Monday that it expanded its code hosting platform's secrets scanning capabilities for GitHub Advanced Security customers to block secret leaks automatically. Secret scanning is ...
techtarget

Compare API keys vs. tokens for access management

We should be well past the age where simple challenge and response username-password pairs can provide unfettered access to a complete work process. The fact that a single, upfront challenge and ...
Bleeping Computer

Google: Malware abusing API is standard token theft, not an API issue

Google is downplaying reports of malware abusing an undocumented Google Chrome API to generate new authentication cookies when previously stolen ones have expired. In late November 2023, ...
techtarget

5 fundamental strategies for REST API authentication

REST APIs are the backbone of modern applications, separating data and presentation layers and allowing systems to scale in size and feature sophistication. However, as data moves across boundaries, ...
InfoWorld

How to implement JWT authentication in ASP.NET Core

It’s easy to secure minimal API endpoints in ASP.NET Core using JSON Web Tokens for authentication and authorization. Just follow these steps. ASP.NET Core offers a simplified hosting model, called ...