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September 2023

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API10:2023 Unsafe Consumption of APIs

Welcome to the 11th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. This post will focus on API10:2023 Unsafe Consumption of APIs. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impact and what you can do about it.

Unlocking Seamless API Security: Revenera's Journey with Wallarm

In today’s digital landscape, ensuring the security of web applications and APIs is paramount. The journey to find the right security solution can be filled with challenges and choices. In this blog post, we’ll dive into the experience of Rob Davies, VP of Engineering and Lead Architect at Revenera, as he navigates the path from identifying the need for enhanced API security to making a decision, implementing the solution, and reaping the benefits.

OWASP API Top 10 2023: What changed and why it's important?

Back in 2019, OWASP released its first API Top-10 list. It quickly gained widespread acceptance and acknowledgment from the industry about the challenges faced in protecting APIs. Since then, growth in APIs has continued, and the threat landscape also evolved rapidly. OWASP has released an updated API Top 10 2023 with quite a few changes from 2019 to address the changes and provide new insights and recommendations.

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API9:2023 Improper Inventory Management

Welcome to the 10th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. This post will focus on API9:2023 Improper Inventory Management. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impact and what you can do about it.

Mockbin and the Art of Deception: Tracing Adversaries, Going Headless and Mocking APIs

On September 4, 2023, CERT-UA revealed a meticulously planned cyberattack targeting Ukraine's critical energy infrastructure. The attack's modus operandi was distinct; it utilized deceptive emails containing bait links, luring victims into downloading a seemingly innocuous ZIP archive. This archive, however, harbored malicious files designed to hijack the victim's computer, redirecting data flows and exfiltrating sensitive information using services like mockbin.org and mocky.io.

How to Secure a REST API

Sitting at your desk, coding away with another cup of your favorite caffeine-infused beverage, you might be thinking to yourself, “it’s true what they say about no rest for the weary.” If you’re developing an app or architecting a cloud-native system, you can actually get the REST you need with the right Application Programming Interface (API). REST APIs provide a scalable, flexible, easy-to-use interface that makes developing and connecting web apps easier.

Wallarm AI Engine: How It Works

The main task of the run-time application security is to protect modern applications and APIs. In this endeavor the solutions face a number of challenges: Download this whitepaper to learn how Wallarm solves the difficult task of effective application security by relying on AI and machine learning including a unique combination of hierarchical clusterization, statistical n-gram based models, recurrent neural networks and reinforcement learning.

Evolution of Real Time Attack Detection

Attack detection is critical for most security solutions, whether we are talking about a load balancer-based (NIDS, WAF), host-based or in-application solutions (HIDS, RASP). Interestingly, regardless of the differences in architecture and data flow, most solutions use similar detection principles and techniques. We will explore how the detection architecture evolved over time and how the new generation of detection logic, such as the architecture implemented by Wallarm, is principally different from that of the legacy solutions.

How Do API Key Codes and Fragments Work? Explained in Detail

In the realm of web development and software integration, APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) play a crucial role in facilitating communication between different systems and applications. To ensure secure and controlled access to APIs, many providers require the use of API key codes and fragments. In this blog post, we will explore how do API key codes and fragments, exploring their purpose, functionality, and best practices for implementation.

Strengthening our CrowdStrike Bond with Falcon Integration

It’s been just about a year since we first announced our partnership with CrowdStrike. We are delighted to share today that we’ve further strengthened that partnership with the new “better-together” story of Salt and the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform.

Wallarm Webinar: NIST CSF 2.0, API Security, and CISO Imperatives

Last week, our good friend Raj Umadas, Director of Security at ActBlue, teamed up with our very own Tim Erlin, Head of Product, to talk about the newly proposed NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). It was a fantastic discussion covering the intent behind this update, the major changes from v1.1 to v2.0, and how it applies to API security. Raj and Tim really dug deep into a lot of issues, and answered a lot of questions from the audience.

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API8:2023 Security Misconfiguration

Welcome to the 9th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. This post will focus on API8:2023 Security Misconfiguration. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impact and what you can do about it.

What is an API attack and how does it work

If you want to visualize how data flows across your connected applications, you can think back to that childhood game of Chutes and Ladders (also called Snakes and Ladders). As a kid, the board felt like a confusing grid that had the weirdest, seemingly arbitrary connections between blocks. In your modern digital environment, your Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) fulfill the same role that the ladders and chutes/snakes fulfilled, connecting disparate blocks across a larger whole.

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API7:2023 Server Side Request Forgery

Welcome to the 8th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. This post will focus on API7:2023 Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impact and what you can do about it.

Celebrating 100,000 scans

A little over 5 months ago, we launched our free and open code security product Bearer CLI to help teams identify both security and privacy risks in the earliest stages of the software development process. Please join us in celebrations, as today we are very excited to have achieved a key milestone in our journey - 100,000 code security scans!

Pythons and Birds: Duolingo and Telegram Hacked?

In this week's episode, Bill and Robin explore the dangers of programmatic interfaces! The language-learning website, Duolingo, has fallen victim to an API exploit which has exposed 2.6 million user accounts, and there's threat actors on the dark web who are using Python to subversively change messages in Telegram threads. What's happening in the world, why should you care, and how can you stay protected?

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API6:2023 Unrestricted Access to Sensitive Business Flows

Welcome to the 7th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. This post will focus on API6:2023 Unrestricted Access to Sensitive Business Flows. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impact and what you can do about it.

A CISO's Guide to Cloud Application Security

The following guidelines will help senior stakeholders set strategy to secure modern applications, learning: Applications are the operational mechanism for how a modern enterprise conducts transactions and uses data. Whether internal or customer-facing, apps are critical for your successful business operations. That means securing apps should be a business priority.