Over 1,500 apps found leaking API keys and potentially exposing user data

Security researchers have uncovered more than 1,500 apps leaking the Algolia application programming interface key and application ID, potentially exposing user data. Discovered by researchers at CloudSEK Information Security Pte. Ltd. and shared with Infosecurity Magazine today, 32 applications were found to have critical administrative secrets hardcoded, with 57 unique admin keys found so far. Algolia […]

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