Attackers have found a way to escalate the benign WordPress REST API flaw and use it to gain full access to a victim's server by installing a hidden backdoor. On January 26, the WordPress team ...

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If you run your own WordPress site, chances are you are using a pretty secure password to keep hackers from posting random stories to your blog. Still, even the best password isn’t as good as using ...

A look at the recently released YubiKey 5 hardware authenticator series and how web authentication with the new WebAuthn API leverages devices like the YubiKey for painless website registration and ...

Application programming interfaces (APIs) are integral to the functionality of the internet today. By enabling communications between programs, they make many processes more efficient and convenient, ...

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 ...

APIs connect. A fundamental part of the new neural network, fabric and interlaced composition of the cloud and the modem web, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have become the linchpins ...

In today’s digital era, where interconnectedness and data exchange reign supreme, application programming interfaces (APIs) play a pivotal role in facilitating seamless communication between different ...