During Google Cloud Next, Google announced the preview release of shadow API detection in Advanced API Security, part of the Apigee API Management solution. This managed API Broker service in the Google Cloud allows users to design, secure, deploy, monitor, and analyze APIs.

Apigee’s advanced API Security capability proactively identifies misconfigured APIs and detects malicious bot and business logic attacks. Nils Swart, a group product manager at Google Cloud, and Shelly Hershkovitz, a product manager at Google Cloud, write in a Google blog post:

Previously, this protection was only available for actively managed APIs. Now, with the ability to discover shadow APIs in Advanced API Security, you can eliminate hard-to-find blind spots and close security gaps.

Overview of Advanced API Security (Source: Google Documentation Apigee)

Shadow APIs are not under a company’s control but are used by developers to save time on repetitive tasks, become less dependent on other teams, or fill a gap in the organization’s existing approved APIs. Although developers may have good intentions, these unregulated APIs can pose serious vulnerabilities when allowed to function freely within the organization’s software environment.

The company has recently integrated Advanced API Security with Google Cloud regional external Application Load Balancers. This integration allows for the precise identification of API traffic within specific regions, which helps to ensure compliance and meet performance requirements. The capability can extract key API details such as endpoints, platforms, protocols, parameters, and responses by analyzing requests and responses within the load balancers. This information offers accessible insights into API operations, activities, and recent updates through a provided user interface.

Detailed information on shadow API endpoints associated with your load balancer (Source: Google blog post)

Other cloud providers like AWS and Microsoft offer API management services like Apigee API Management and similar features. With regards to Shadows APIs:

• AWS API Gateway integrates with AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF), which can provide a similar level of security in protecting against unauthorized and malicious API requests. Although it does not natively have a “Shadow API detection” feature, its combination of WAF and detailed logging and monitoring through AWS CloudWatch and AWS X-Ray can indirectly help identify and manage shadow APIs.
• Azure API Management service features include Gateway-level threat protection, which can be used to identify potentially malicious activities that may involve shadow APIs. It also offers detailed analytics and logging, which can help track undocumented APIs.

Dan Mearls, a director of sales Apigee Enterprise at Google, posted on LinkedIn:

Shadow APIs pose significant business risks due to their frequent lack of robust security measures like authentication and authorization protocols. This makes them vulnerable targets for hackers, increasing the likelihood of data breaches and sensitive information leaks. Additionally, shadow APIs might bypass established data handling protocols, potentially leading to violations of data privacy regulations like GDPR or CCPA, resulting in substantial fines and severe damage to an organization’s reputation.

Lastly, the documentation for getting started provides more details on Advanced API security.

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Do you miss the days when Motorolas could be styled with real wood backs? The new Motorola Edge 50 Ultra has a real wood option along with two vegan leather colorways – Forest Grey and Peach Fuzz (Pantone’s Color of the Year 2024).

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra Nordic Wood

There was no Ultra model last year, so this isn’t a sequel but rather an upgrade over the Edge 50 Pro that was unveiled a couple of weeks ago. The Ultra brings more processing power and a better camera setup compared to the Pro.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra Forest Gray and Peach Fuzz

It is based on the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, a huge step up from the 7 Gen 3 chip inside the Pro. You get more RAM too, 12GB or 16GB (LPDDR5X) with more available via RAM boost. The storage is 512GB or 1TB (UFS 4.0).

The camera upgrades start with the main module, which is equipped with a 50MP 1/1.3” sensor – large enough to have 1.2µm pixels before quad pixel binning comes into play. It has omni-directional autofocus and OIS for the f/1.6 lens.

The standout camera is the 3x 72mm periscope, which is equipped with a 64MP sensors (0.7µm pixels) and a bright f/2.4 aperture. Next up is the 50MP ultra wide camera (0.64µm pixels), its f/2.0 lens has 122° field of view and autofocus for macro shots. The cameras use a laser autofocus system and a 3-in-1 sensor that helps with exposure, auto white balance and flicker detection.

The front camera has a 50MP sensor (0.64µm) with an f/1.9 lens with autofocus. All three cameras can record 4K video at 60fps. The main cam on the back and the selfie also have slow-mo modes at 1080p (120fps on the front, up to 960fps on the back).

Since 2024 is the year of AI, artificial smarts have been employed to help the camera. AI automatically adjusts the shutter speed and level of stabilization based on the scene. It also handles auto focus tracking. The new Photo Enhancement Engine optimizes the images for detail in the highlights and shadows, clarity, color and bokeh.

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra is built around a curved 6.7” P-OLED display with 2,712 x 1,220px resolution (20:9). It runs at 144Hz and has a touch sampling rate of up to 360Hz (in gaming mode). The display peaks at 2,500 nits and uses DC dimming. The 10-bit color rendering gives it HDR10+ support and a certification for HD streaming from Netflix and Amazon.

Pantone is responsible for the Peach Fuzz colorway, but the color specialists also tested the display and certified it as Pantone Validated and Pantone Skintone Validated. The camera system is validated by Pantone as well.

The Ultra is built around an aluminum frame, the front features Gorilla Glass Victus with an anti-fingerprint coating. It is rated IP68 for dust and water resistance.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 • 50W wireless charging • Gorilla Glass Victus

Like the Pro, it has a 4,500mAh battery with 125W TurboPower charging over USB and 50W wireless. Motorola says that plugging in for 4 minutes is enough to last you the rest of the day. Wired and wireless power sharing is available too.

The phone is available as single-SIM (SIM or eSIM) and dual-SIM (SIM and eSIM). It supports the latest Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) and Bluetooth 5.4, as well as Ultra Wide Band (UWB). The latter offers accurate distance and angle readings relative to other UWB-enabled devices like your friend’s phone or a UWB tag. Additionally, the USB-C port offers both USB 3.2 and DisplayPort 1.4 connectivity.

The phone comes with stereo speakers with tuning by Dolby Atmos, plus Dolby Head Tracking is also supported (Motorola just happened to also unveil new earbuds today).

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra will go on sale in select European countries in the coming weeks. The base model will have a price of €1,000. Additionally, the phone will be available in Asia, Latin America and Oceania. Check out our hands-on review for more on the phone.

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As triathlete Robert Kirschman logs hour after hour on his stationary bike, he’s often visited by his training partner — his seven-year-old daughter Aubrey.

“She joins me for my workout. I set up her bike beside mine and she sits there for the whole hour and spins her legs a bit and we have fun,” Kirschman said.

Completing those bike rides, as well as regular runs and swim workouts, is hard enough for a person in perfect health. The 35-year-old from Meadow Lake, Sask., is battling gastrointestinal stromal tumour cancer, a rare affliction known as GIST.

The tumour was removed from his intestines, but not before the cancer spread to other organs. His cancer is categorized as Stage 4, the most advanced form. He’s on medication that has allowed him to maintain his quality of life, but he knows the drugs won’t be effective for the long term.

“Unfortunately, every line of treatment has a shelf life, so they won’t continue to work. But, you know, I’m holding out hope that some miracle comes along,” he said. “You never know, right? The longer I can last with each line of therapy, the better chance I have.”

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Robert Kirschman hopes to raise money and awareness for the rare ‘gastrointestinal stromal tumour’ cancer he is suffering from.

Whatever the future holds, he wants to take advantage of every day. He also wants to raise money and awareness for his little-known disease. He posts regular updates on his training to social media and is gaining a large following.

Kirschman is training to compete in a half Ironman triathlon in Florida in December. He’ll have to swim 1.9 kilometres, then cycle 90 kilometres, followed by a 21.1 kilometre run.

Working with Saskatoon coach Brad Spokes, he’s already up to more than 10 hours of training per week. He expects that to rise to 15 or more as the races day approaches.

Kirschman also wants to serve as an inspiration to his daughters, Aubrey and Ella.

“When I first got the news back in November, I was pretty down. The weight of reality, knowing that most likely, your goals and dreams for the far future are probably not going to come to fruition,” he said.

“But like anything else in life, once you have a little bit of time to deal with it, you just learn to accept it. I can’t let this situation destroy the time I have left. So I just keep moving forward.”

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