Last week, T-Mobile disclosed that the personally identifiable information (PII) of 37 million of its past and present customers had been breached in an API attack. They also shared that the attack had been going on since November but was only caught January 5 by T-Mobile’s security team. Coverage of the attack has been swift, far-reaching, and harsh, as this represents T-Mobile’s 8th breach since 2018.
In the world of cybersecurity, the spotlight often shines on protecting applications, networks, and individual accounts. Application programming interfaces (APIs), on the other hand, present their own set of challenges to secure. APIs account for a significant portion of internet traffic and handle massive amounts of information from a wide variety of programs and applications; consequently, they make for an appealing target in the eyes of cybercriminals.
With the release of Rubrik Security Cloud (RSC), our global customers can now consolidate management of their Rubrik estate to a single control plane. This significant improvement in management capabilities also allows customers to leverage the power of RSC’s GraphQL (GQL) APIs for their automation and management needs.
It used to be cool if your car had GPS and a dashboard screen, remote lock on a key, and a video player for the kids to watch movies during road trips. Then came bluetooth for your phone and keyless start. Not anymore. The bells and whistles available in today’s cars have left them all in the dust. Video player? Let’s be honest. This generation knows and expects on-demand streaming to keep them entertained. Cars can now function as fully equipped communications centers.
Over the last 3 years, Identity Verification in India has seen a marginal boost in the number of verifications conducted digitally. The market growth in the identity verification sector comes as an effect of the disastrous pandemic that caused record-high identity theft, ATOs, and numerous other frauds all initiated through fake identities, resulting in rapid innovation in identity verification API.
Self-checkout kiosks are automated devices that enable consumers to scan and pay for their products without the help of a cashier. By this point, we’ve all encountered them. They are frequently seen at supermarkets, department shops, and other retail locations where it is possible to skip tedious manual check-out.
In “Developers don’t care about (data) security!” I dive into why that title isn’t necessarily accurate, but what is true is that developers don’t care about compliance—and by extension privacy regulations. Not because they don’t care about the underlying issues, but because the rules are murky and confusing.
Building a new API for your web app is an exciting undertaking. It’s beneficial for everyone involved: the developers who want to build integrations for your app, the users who will reap the rewards of those connections, and your bottom line as more people are drawn to your network. New APIs may be beneficial for developers, but hackers also see this as an opportunity to gain unauthorized access to data stored on your servers.
When people talk about data security, most of the time data privacy is in the following sentence. Even though they have many commonalities, they are different things. Both with physical practicalities in the real world, and digital nuances on the web.
