A vulnerability in the implementation of the Open Authorization (OAuth) standard that websites and applications use to connect to Facebook, Google, Apple, Twitter, and more could allow attackers to ...

Report shows the importance of ensuring OAuth implementation is secure to protect against identity theft, financial fraud, and access to personal information ...

Twitter recently transitioned to OAuth, but the social network's implementation of the new authentication system has some serious flaws. Ars shows how easy it was to compromise the secret key of ...

In today's interconnected digital world, secure authentication is paramount, forming the backbone of reliable and safe digital applications. As one of the industry's most seasoned experts and leaders, ...

Critical security flaws in Booking.com’s implementation of Open Authorization (OAuth) could have enabled attackers to launch large-scale account takeovers, putting millions of people’s sensitive ...

Update: This article originally stated that Threadsy was the first web app to implement Gmail OAuth which was incorrect. That title goes to Etacts. Thready was the first web based email client to ...

Flaws in the implementation of the Open Authorization (OAuth) standard across three prominent online services could have allowed attackers to take over hundreds of millions of user accounts on dozens ...

A researcher's contention of security flaws in OAuth and OpenID has serious flaws of its own, according to those familiar with the specifications. News of the security issues hit hard Friday claiming ...

A feature in the Twitter API (application programming interface) can be abused by attackers to launch credible social engineering attacks that would give them a high chance of hijacking user accounts, ...

Twitter officially disabled Basic authentication this week, the final step in the company’s transition to mandatory OAuth authentication. Sadly, Twitter’s extremely poor implementation of the OAuth ...