No Hack Required: How Thousands of Leaked API Tokens Left Automation Servers Wide Open

GitGuardian found thousands of leaked n8n API tokens, with hundreds still granting access to live automation servers, ...
Security Boulevard

Securing Agentic AI Workflows in n8n: From Leaked API Keys to Encryption Key Compromise

A leaked n8n API key is only the start. GitGuardian's research traces the full chain, from exposed tokens and weak keys to ...
Cloud Security Alliance

Why M2M Authentication and API Security Must Work Together

Explains how M2M authentication and API security work together in cloud-native environments, focusing on workload identity and short-lived tokens.
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 ...

Google makes passkeys mandatory for Google Ads API users

The update makes passkeys mandatory for new Google Ads API authentication while leaving existing refresh tokens unaffected.
Bleeping Computer

Over 3,200 apps leak Twitter API keys, some allowing account hijacks

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a set of 3,207 mobile apps that are exposing Twitter API keys to the public, potentially enabling a threat actor to take over users' Twitter accounts that are ...
Dark Reading

Pan-African Financial Apps Leak Encryption, Authentication Keys

Encryption, authentication, and signing keys are often exposed in mobile fintech apps used across Africa, according to researchers at Approov, who found passwords, application programming interface ...
InfoWorld

Build an authentication handler for a minimal API in ASP.NET Core

ASP.NET Core offers a simplified hosting model, called minimal APIs, that allows us to build lightweight APIs with minimal dependencies. However, “minimal” doesn’t mean minimal security. Minimal APIs ...