⤷ Title: An AI Agent Was Asked to Book a Gym Class. It Hacked the Website Instead.
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𐀪 Author: inprogrammer
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:53:48 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #ai #cybersecurity #api_security #artificial_intelligence #software_engineering
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𐀪 Author: inprogrammer
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:53:48 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #ai #cybersecurity #api_security #artificial_intelligence #software_engineering
Medium
An AI Agent Was Asked to Book a Gym Class. It Hacked the Website Instead.
I build backend APIs for a living, and I still had to read the headline twice. A guy in Melbourne asked his AI agent to grab him a spot in…
⤷ Title: Why Bug Hunters Skip Role-Based API Testing And How I Turned a Writer Token Into an SSRF
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𐀪 Author: CypherNova1337
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:04:39 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #bug_bounty #hacking #cybersecurity #api_security #penetration_testing
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𐀪 Author: CypherNova1337
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:04:39 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #bug_bounty #hacking #cybersecurity #api_security #penetration_testing
Medium
Why Bug Hunters Skip Role-Based API Testing And How I Turned a Writer Token Into an SSRF
Almost nobody tests authorization at the role level.
⤷ Title: Walkthrough: PortSwigger — Password Reset Broken Logic
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𐀪 Author: Ayeshaaghafoor
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:44:10 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #cybersecurity #api #penetration_testing #bug_bounty #cyber_security_awareness
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𐀪 Author: Ayeshaaghafoor
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:44:10 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #cybersecurity #api #penetration_testing #bug_bounty #cyber_security_awareness
Medium
Walkthrough: PortSwigger — Password Reset Broken Logic
Executive Summary
⤷ Title: API2–2023: Broken Authentication
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𐀪 Author: Gamuchirai
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:01 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #ethical_hacking #security #passwords #broken_authentication #api
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𐀪 Author: Gamuchirai
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:01 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #ethical_hacking #security #passwords #broken_authentication #api
Medium
API2–2023: Broken Authentication
Broken Authentication is a vulnerability that can happen when an application does not properly handle the different parts of…
⤷ Title: Why the Top 5% of Engineers Think About API Security Very Differently Than Everyone Else?
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𐀪 Author: Lets Learn Now
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:41:01 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #software_development #microservices #security #software_engineering #api_security
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𐀪 Author: Lets Learn Now
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:41:01 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #software_development #microservices #security #software_engineering #api_security
Medium
Why the Top 5% of Engineers Think About API Security Very Differently Than Everyone Else?
How Fortune 100 Companies Really Secure Their APIs
⤷ Title: Bank of Baroda Cybersecurity Incident: What Organizations Can Learn About DPDP Compliance
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𐀪 Author: Vaibhavk
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:22:43 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #api_security #data_breach_response_plan #sbom #ai_security
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𐀪 Author: Vaibhavk
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:22:43 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #api_security #data_breach_response_plan #sbom #ai_security
Medium
Bank of Baroda Cybersecurity Incident: What Organizations Can Learn About DPDP Compliance
What Happened
⤷ Title: An Evolution in HTTP: The QUERY Method
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𐀪 Author: PriOFF
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:49:42 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #information_security #web_security #api_security #https #cybersecurity
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𐀪 Author: PriOFF
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:49:42 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #information_security #web_security #api_security #https #cybersecurity
Medium
An Evolution in HTTP: The QUERY Method
A Brand New HTTP Method That Solved the Complex Problem of the Internet and Became an Evolution
⤷ Title: How Insecure Client-Side State Management Led to a Critical BFLA in a Healthcare Platform
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𐀪 Author: Mohamed Mejahed
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:13:53 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #penetration_testing #api_security #owasp_top_10 #application_security #web_security
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𐀪 Author: Mohamed Mejahed
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:13:53 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #penetration_testing #api_security #owasp_top_10 #application_security #web_security
Medium
How Insecure Client-Side State Management Led to a Critical BFLA in a Healthcare Platform
During a recent authorized security assessment of a live (Private), AI-powered healthcare management platform, I identified a critical…
⤷ Title: The APIs You Can’t See: Closing the Internal Blind Spot
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𐀪 Author: Riddhi Sanghvi
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:03:54 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #application_security #claude_code #cybersecurity #network_security #api_security
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𐀪 Author: Riddhi Sanghvi
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:03:54 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #application_security #claude_code #cybersecurity #network_security #api_security
Medium
The APIs You Can’t See: Closing the Internal Blind Spot
Most API security programs are built around one assumption: if an API matters, it eventually shows up in traffic that crosses the…
⤷ Title: Stop leaving API keys in .env files
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𐀪 Author: nickelnox
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ⴵ Time: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:23:09 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #ai #secretmanagement #api_security #keychain
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𐀪 Author: nickelnox
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ⴵ Time: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:23:09 GMT
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⌗ Tags: #ai #secretmanagement #api_security #keychain
Medium
Stop leaving API keys in .env files
Plaintext .env files are a narrow but real exposure — committed to git, synced to cloud storage, indexed by backup tools.