Public/private API key exchange While HTTPS securely hides the API key during transmission, retrieving the API key from the phone so the HTTPS call can be made is a real problem for developers.

Flaws in the API used by Symantec partners would have allowed an attacker to retrieve certificates, including private keys, security researcher Chris Byrne said in a Facebook post published over ...

Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs published a report on Monday indicating that, over the weekend, Elez published a private API key to GitHub that would allow users to "directly interact" with ...

Querying sensitive user information such as email addresses through FQL requires an API key, a unique identifier Facebook attributes to each app, but a lot of other private information can be ...

DOGE staff posted private API keys for internal use by xAI on GitHub, allowing anyone to directly access xAI's AI models This article, originally posted in Japanese on 14:39 Jul 16, 2025, may ...

Since the API keys belonging to Kronos Research “were compromised, we are classifying this incident as a private key compromise, which have seen $134 million lost in November alone.” Event Summary ...

How can I keep API keys out of source control? If you want to use a free source control service, there are still a few options.

Oracle's plan to eliminate access to sun.misc.Unsafe has some Java developers swarming Key Java proponents are up in arms over the planned elimination of the private API sun.misc.Unsafe in the ...

If your Android app uses a third party web service with an API key, where should you store that API key, so that hackers can't high-jack your account.