Fintech startup Revolut has confirmed it was hit by a highly targeted cyberattack that allowed hackers to access the personal details of tens of thousands of customers. Revolut spokesperson Michael Bodansky told TechCrunch that an “unauthorized third party obtained access to the details of a small percentage (0.16%) of our customers for a short period of time.” Revolut discovered the malicious access late on September 10 and isolated the attack by the following morning. “We immediately identified and isolated the attack to effectively limit its impact and have contacted those customers affec ..read more

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Earlier this week Salt Security announced enhancements to its security platform, aiming to extend its abilities in threat detection and pre-production API testing. These features include the ability to visually depict API call sequences, support for attack simulations before APIs are released into production, and earlier insights into attacker behaviors and their patterns ..read more

This week Amazon announced a number of new features, including a collection of APIs and SDKs aimed at creating new smart home experiences for Alexa users. The new tools include the Alexa Ambient Home Dev Kit, the Alexa Connect Kit SDK for Matter, version 3.0 of the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) SDK and more ..read more

First unveiled at last month’s WWDC 2022, RoomPlan was recently used in a demo by Shopify that shows off the capabilities of the new API. Powered by ARKit, RoomPlan is a Swift API, available in beta for iOS 16, that allows developers to utilize the LiDAR Scanner and camera on iPhone and iPad to create a 3D floor plan of a room, including furniture type and dimensions ..read more

OnTask, a workflow automation tool, has extended its API to include a new eSignature resource that enables users to add eSignature, forms, and automated workflow functionality to any website, digital technology, or app ..read more

Ambee, a climate intelligence company, has enhanced its API with a greenhouse gas resource to track emissions at a hyperlocal level. With Ambee's API, businesses, government bodies, administrators, and ESG stakeholders can obtain near real-time data for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in their immediate vicinity ..read more

PayGround, a healthcare payment processing platform, has launched PayGround's Payment API, which enables healthcare organizations to directly integrate with the PayGround platform, providing organizations with payment-processing capabilities within their existing platforms without disrupting the patient's current experience ..read more

Every day, the ProgrammableWeb team is busy, updating its three primary directories for APIs, clients (language-specific libraries or SDKs for consuming or providing APIs), and source code samples ..read more