Splunk intends to acquire TruSTAR, a cloud-native security startup
Splunk announced on Tuesday that it intends to acquire the cloud-native security startup TruSTAR Technology, for an undisclosed sum. TruSTAR was founded in 2014 and offers an application programming interface (API)-first cloud-native intelligence management platform.
It transforms intelligence f...
Kong Konnect enters general availability
Kong announced that its cloud-native connectivity platform, Kong Konnect, is now generally available with new features that offer reliability, security, and observable connectivity across Application Programming Interfaces and microservices.
The platform got its first preview as a private beta l...
Study shows success of combining API management with microservices
Research shows that the vast majority of IT leaders see API management and microservices as a winning combination
Software AG this week announced new research revealing that 97% of IT leaders believe it would be beneficial to combine the utilization of APIs, microservices and integration. Moreov...
VMware’s cost management tool has a vulnerable ‘unauthorized API’
VMWare has admitted that vRealize Business for Cloud includes an "unauthorized VAMPI API' that is vulnerable to hackers looking for remote code execution capabilities on the virtual appliance. The security flaw is critical and scored 9.8 on the ten-point Common Vulnerability Scoring System.
VAMI...
Experian suffers data breach due to faulty API
The fault has leaked the credit scores of almost every US citizen
Experian, the major credit reporting company, has suffered a new data breach. The company's breach has exposed the credit scores of almost every person in the U.S. The source of the breach was an unprotected application programmin...
Names and info of 1.3 million Clubhouse users appear online
A database containing data on 1.3 million Clubhouse users has appeared on a hacker forum. However, according to Clubhouse, this was not a hack, as the data had always been publicly accessible with an API.
The shared data consists of the user ID, name, URL of the profile picture, user name, Twitt...
UiPath acquires Cloud Elements to speed up API-based automation
UiPath announced on Tuesday that it acquired Cloud Elements, a venture-backed startup with a software platform for companies looking to integrate their business apps. UiPath did not disclose the terms of the deal.
UiPath received a $35 billion valuation this year after its latest funding round, ...
Google Cloud launches Apigee X to help enterprises scale up
On Wednesday, Google announced the launch of Apigee X, the new major release of the Apigee API management platform it bought in 2016. Amit Zavery, Google Cloud’s head of platform, said that if we look at current events, especially after the pandemic started in 2020, the volume of digital activiti...
Webpages can load faster with new Facebook-developed Chrome API
Facebook has developed a new API for Google Chrome to help develop web pages that load quickly and are responsive at the same time. Currently, developers face a compromise between these factors.
The new API should solve a problem when loading pages with a lot of JavaScript elements. Developers a...
Mirantis adds extension support to Lens
Mirantis has announced a new version of Lens. The update adds the Lens Extensions API, which allows developers to extend the capabilities of Lens.
For example, Lens Extensions API allows developers to add management of Lens to centralized dashboards. Developers also can write their own extension...
Cloudflare launches API Shield to protect users against attacks
API attacks are rising, and now, Cloudflare is launching what they call 'API Shield,' which is designed to protect web APIs from attacks. The past few years have seen a rise in automated exploitation attacks, and Cloudflare is responding.
The Cloudflare API Shield is the new service free for all...
New consortium to create Python Data API standards
Several machine learning groups are joining forces in a Python consortium. This consortium will determine the Python Data API standards. The machine learning groups Apache MXNet and Open Neural Network Exchange were the once to start this initiative.
The idea is that the collaboration between ma...