Security

How to build secure Google sign-in functionality to your mobile Android app using OAuth 2.0 and Functions.

OAuth, or Open Authentication, is an identity authentication and authorization protocol that permits application interactions without a password. It has many forms, with the most popular being OAuth1 and OAuth2. In this article, we'll explore both authentication protocols to identify which is better ...

In part two, we’ll be covering the most common chat security vulnerabilities, and how you can fix them. We’ll also look at the shortcomings of out-of-the-box security solutions, and some tools PubNub provides that can help you keep your mobile or website application safe from phishing attempts.

People have been trying to run a scam on the internet for as long as it has been used as a communication platform. But one vector for scams that has received less attention is in-app chat scams, which happen in a conversation in-app or product. We'd like to give you a comprehensive overview of in-app...

This blog discusses the biggest security challenges facing APIs and proposes a framework of solutions for combating these vulnerabilities.

With any subscription based service, particularly SaaS, companies (like Netflix and Adobe Creative Cloud) are dealing with the problem of account subscription sharing. A user can begin a subscription and give another user their login credentials. So how can we mitigate, or better yet, prevent subscription...

Considering working with an API partner? Here are five factors to keep in mind.

This article was originally published on the Virgil Security blog. Virgil Security, Inc. enables developers to encrypt everything without having to become security experts.  Around the globe, tens of thousands of new IoT devices will come online in the time it takes to read this article. But if there’s...