The Feedzai Java SDK by Kill Bill communicates with the API to access fraud detection features. It includes usage in a unit test that presents history of payments as a method to recognize suspicious transactions.
IPinfo announced the availability of its Privacy Detection API. This API detects methods used to mask a user's true IP address, including VPN detection, proxy detection, tor usage, or a connection via a hosting provider, which could potentially be used to tunnel traffic and mask the true IP address.
As Pokemon Go continues is rise in popularity, many developers have reverse engineered the game to publish unauthorized APIs. Niantic has now issued a cease and desist letter to a popular Pokemon Go API developer in an attempt to quash the unauthorized practice. Will threatened legal action work?
A customer who looked into the private API powering Verizon's My FiOS Android app discovered a vulnerability that could allow him to send emails from other user accounts.