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GitHub Improves Vulnerability Reporting by Becoming a CVE Number Authority
GitHub is now a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Numbering Authority. This designation will enable GitHub to streamline the reports of vulnerabilities to the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). GitHub can directly assign a CVE ID for security advisories opened in GitHub.
4 days ago
Daily API RoundUp: Google Cloud Web Risk, CheckWX, Nuki, iSports
Eleven APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Security, Weather, and Internet of Things. Highlights include the W3C Badging API for enabling users to see new activity about an application on a home screen. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
09-14-2019
Daily API RoundUp: Microsoft Azure Digital Twins, ScrapingNinja, 15Five, DonorDrive
Thirteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Internet of Things, Identity, and Machine Learning. Highlights include an API for IBM Watson enabled branded assistants and an API for trivia from the Jeopardy TV show. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
09-04-2019
Amazon Adds ASK SDK Support for Express.js and Jinja
Amazon continues to ease skill development and integration with added support for Express.js and Jinja templates. The Node.js ASK SDK now supports Express.js. The Python ASK SDK now supports Jinja templates. Additionally, Python ASK SDK support for Django and Flask is now generally available.
09-03-2019
Daily API RoundUp: Coda, InCountry, DarkSearch, rideOS, Accelo
Nineteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Internet of Things, Transportation, Storage, and Sales. Highlights include rideOS ride hailing APIs and DarkSearch API for the dark web search engine. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
08-31-2019
Google Introduces New Bug Bounty Programs
Google recently announced an expansion to its GPSRP program (a bug bounty program for Google Play apps). Additionally, the company introduced the new Developer Data Protection Reward Program (DDPRP) to help uncover and stop data abuse across Android apps, OAuth projects, and Chrome extensions.
08-30-2019
Imperva Breach is Another Reminder That API Keys Alone Cannot Secure APIs
Imperva, a company that provides application security solutions, recently announced that they had experienced a data breach that exposed user’s email addresses, scrambled passwords, API keys, and SSL certificates. In addition, the company's API security standards raise concerns.
08-29-2019
Enable Alexa Skills in 3rd Party Apps with App-to-App Account Linking
Amazon just made enabling Alexa skills within third-party apps a lot easier. The App-to-App Linking feature and associated Alexa Skill Activation API allow app users to enable an Alexa skill within a third-party app. Prior to the features, users were forced to use the Alexa app to enable a skill.
08-29-2019
Telesign's APIs Go Beyond Typical CPaaS Offerings, Covering Customer 360, Security, and More
Are all CPaaSes (Communications Platform as a Service) created alike? Telesign's director of product management Vince Oh thinks not. In this interview with ProgrammableWeb.com editor-in-chief David Berlind, Oh explains how Telesign's parent company gives it a unique competitive advantage.
08-23-2019
GitHub Now Supports WebAuthn
GitHub recently announced support for the WC3 standard WebAuthn. WebAuthn brings a new level of security to GitHub and expands the number of browsers supported. GitHub believes we are sitting at the beginning of "the future of authentication" and WebAuthn lays the foundation for that future.
08-22-2019
Daily API RoundUp: DarkOwl, Shadowserver, SmartIP, Airgloss
Nine APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Blockchain, Payments, and Security. Highlights include the DARKINT Suite API that provides risk intelligence about a company's darknet digital footprint. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
08-09-2019
Google Announces Apigee API Security Reporting
Google has recently announced the addition of new API security reporting features to the company’s API management platform. These new features are currently in beta, with the company intending to roll out functionality to all Apigee Edge enterprise cloud customers over the next several weeks.
08-08-2019
Facebook to Open Source Video and Photo Matching Technology to Stop Abusive Content
Facebook is open sourcing video and photo matching tech so that partners and non-profits can leverage the technology to fight the spread of abusive content. The video matching technology, TMK, and the photo matching technology, PDQ, uses an identification and hashing system to prevent spread.
08-05-2019
13 Top Recognition APIs
Recent technology backed by machine learning is making it possible to recognize people and objects from images, videos, sounds, body parts, speech, phrases, characters, even typing. Developers can find over two-hundred APIs for Recognition on ProgrammableWeb. Here are some top choices.
08-04-2019
Plugging Future API Security Leaks: Are You Prepared?
APIs sit at the center of organizations’ digital transformation initiatives, making them attractive to hackers. In response, API management solutions are employed, but organizations also need to address the growth of more sophisticated attacks on APIs by implementing dynamic, AI driven security.
08-01-2019
Google Launches Local Home SDK as Developer Preview
At Google I/O 2019, the host company announced plans to release the Local Home SDK. This new solution, which was recently launched as a developer preview, aims to reduce latency and improve reliability by allowing smart home device providers to run actions locally rather than in the cloud.
07-10-2019
Smart Home Data Vulnerability Highlights Inherent Risk of IoT Proliferation
vpnMentor‘s team of “hacktivist” security researchers recently announced the discovery of an exposed database connected to Orvibo Smart Home products. The vulnerable account information exposed in the database includes 2 billion logs detailing everything from usernames to precise device locations.
07-09-2019
Ping Identity Adds MFA, Social Login, and SSO to PingOne for Customers
PingOne for Customers hit the market in public preview roughly half a year ago. Already, Ping Identity is adding significant features to the identity as a service platform. To make the platform more secure and more streamlined for users, Ping Identity has added MFA, social login, and SSO.
06-25-2019
Proxy Announces Open Platform for Personal Identity Services
Proxy today announced a new open platform that includes a new Access API and Identity SDK. This new platform is designed to provide developers with all the necessary tools to build custom identity services that recognize individuals based on their personal identity signal.
06-13-2019
Akamai Announces Edge Cloud and IoT Edge Connect
Akamai has announced the release of Akamai Edge Cloud and an accompanying IoT Edge Connect service. With the announcement of these new tools the company is hoping to “streamline and secure the delivery of data to connected devices and in-application messaging at scale.”
06-12-2019