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 ...

Take advantage of API key authentication to control the access of applications and services to your Web APIs in ASP.NET Core. There are several ways to secure your APIs in ASP.NET Core 7. You can use ...

Azure can yield very powerful tokens while Google limits scopes, reducing the blast radius. Register for Huntress Labs' Live Hack to see live Microsoft 365 attack demos, explore defensive tactics, and ...

Explore different authentication provider types (social, passwordless, MFA) and learn best practices for choosing the right one to enhance security and user experience in your applications.

The OAuth keys and secrets that official Twitter applications use to access users’ Twitter accounts have been leaked in a post to Github this morning. The OAuth keys and secrets that official Twitter ...

Threat actors are increasingly including malicious OAuth apps in their campaigns to break into cloud-based systems and applications. To address this growing problem, Microsoft is adding automated ...

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 ...

Flaws in the implementation of the Open Authorization (OAuth) standard across three prominent online services could have allowed attackers to take over hundreds of millions of user accounts on dozens ...

An API allows an individual to access brokers' trading platforms without manually logging in. Leading online broking firms met up with stock exchanges on March 4 to propose guidelines for allowing ...

Manfred (@ManfredBo) is API Market Development Director at 3scale – delivering API Management solutions (@3scale on Twitter). Vanessa (@deepbane) is a Product Manager at APItools by 3scale – a tool ...