This week, we look at the recent API vulnerabilities in Amazon Ring’s Neighbors app and the Droom vehicle marketplace, articles on API security and WebSockets, an opinion piece on the most exploited API vulnerabilities, and a couple of recorded webinars.
Vulnerability: Amazon Ring
Gizmodo reports that Amazon Ring’s crime-alert app, Neighbors, exposes too much data through API calls. The coordinates included in the posted videos are so detailed that the locations of cameras and the users are exposed with extremely accurate precision.