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Beyond Traditional Security: Addressing the API Security Gap

Nov 27, 2024 By Eric Schwake In Salt Security
Let’s be honest: APIs are the unsung heroes of the modern business world. They work silently behind the scenes, connecting applications, driving innovations, and ensuring your digital transformation stays on track. However, there’s a crucial downside: APIs can pose a significant security risk. They can be likened to unlocked doors leading to your sensitive data and essential business functions—an ideal target for hackers.
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Loose AWS API keys: what's your real risk?

Nov 26, 2024 By Lindsey Watts In Nightfall
97% of enterprise leaders consider a well-executed API strategy critical in driving their organization's growth and protecting revenue streams, yet according to a recent study, 84% of security professionals reported API security incidents over the past year. In March, a GitHub breach exposed nearly 13 million API secrets that users had left in the repository over time, severely impacting customer trust and causing reputational damage.
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How API Vulnerabilities Expose Millions of Records in Just Minutes! #DataLeak #DataBreach

Nov 25, 2024 By Wallarm In Wallarm
APIs are crucial for data flow, but they also open doors for rapid data breaches if security isn't real-time. In this video, we analyze how an API vulnerability led to a 250 million user data leak in just minutes. Learn why fast data flow in APIs requires immediate, real-time protection to prevent major damage. This case also highlights the often-overlooked importance of client-side security in API protection, especially as APIs are increasingly used in mobile apps and browsers. Discover essential insights to safeguard APIs from potential attacks.
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API (In)security: The Hidden Risk of Black Friday

Nov 21, 2024 By Eric Schwake In Salt Security
Black Friday may be the pinnacle of the holiday shopping season, a day when online retailers experience unprecedented traffic and revenue opportunities as consumers kick off the Christmas season. For many retailers, it’s a make-or-break event. Yet, with increased traffic comes increased risk, particularly as it relates to cybersecurity and keeping shoppers safe from fraud stemming from a cyberattack on their favorite digital store.
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The Ultimate API Threat Report: How Wallarm Analyzes Attacks #Wallarm #dataanalysis

Nov 21, 2024 By Wallarm In Wallarm
Discover how Wallarm gathers and analyzes real data on API attacks to create comprehensive security reports. By collecting data from Wallarm’s platform, public repositories, private sources, and security bulletins, Wallarm produces fact-based API threat stats without relying on opinions. This report provides deep insights into API vulnerabilities and attack trends, enhancing Wallarm’s API risk models and improving their security solutions. Download the full report now to stay informed on the latest API threats and protect your APIs effectively.
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Taming API Sprawl: Best Practices for API Discovery and Management

Nov 18, 2024 By Wallarm In Wallarm
APIs are the backbone of interconnected applications, enabling organizations to innovate, integrate, and scale rapidly. However, as enterprises continue to expand their digital ecosystems, they often encounter a common and complex challenge: API sprawl. Unchecked, API sprawl can lead to increased security risks, inefficient resource utilization, and the frustrating experience of redundant or hard-to-locate services across teams. Postman details the explosive growth in APIs in their State of API report.
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Why Regular APIs Aren't Safe for AI Agents: A Case for Enhanced Privacy and Controls

Nov 17, 2024 By Amar Kanagaraj In Protecto
APIs are the backbone of modern applications, enabling seamless data exchange between systems. However, the rise of AI agents fundamentally shifts how APIs are utilized. Regular APIs, originally built for deterministic, non-AI use cases, are not inherently designed to handle the complexities and unpredictability of AI-driven applications. Using your regular APIs directly for AI agents or allowing AI agents to integrate without safeguards exposes your systems and data to significant risks.
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API, Identities and solving for the biggest challenges

Nov 14, 2024 By Anirban Banerjee In Riscosity
API calls are the backbone of modern software, enabling applications to communicate and share data seamlessly. However, with this integration comes the challenge of understanding and managing the identities used in API calls. These identities, often tied to authentication and authorization mechanisms, are crucial for determining what data is accessed and exchanged.
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Dell's API Security Failure: How 49 Million Records Were Exposed #dell #DataBreach #dataleaks

Nov 14, 2024 By Wallarm In Wallarm
In this video, we examine two significant API security failures, each with devastating consequences. The first breach used a simple trial-and-error method, exploiting broken access control to impact 10 million users. In the Dell example, API abuse exploited a lack of validation and rate limiting, allowing an attacker, posing as a partner, to scrape 49 million records over several weeks. These cases highlight the importance of robust API security practices, especially for business processes and access control. Watch to learn key takeaways on protecting APIs from similar attacks.
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