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By Wallarm
Passwordless authentication for end users is taking the world by storm, offering organizations and individuals alike unprecedented security, user experience, and efficiency benefits. By all indications, the next generation of authentication for end users has finally arrived, sending the password the way of the dodo. Although they don’t get anywhere near the same hype, advanced authentication strategies for APIs are as critical as passwordless authentication for end-users.
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By Wallarm
You need an API security solution. That much is a given (although some may argue it isn’t!). While essential for business growth and innovation, APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, expose the organizations that use them to cyber threats. Attackers are both aware of and actively exploiting this fact: Wallarm recently revealed that attacks on APIs impacted 98.35 million users in Q2 2024.
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By Wallarm
Modern businesses are increasingly reliant on APIs. They are the building blocks facilitating data exchange and communication between disparate systems. Because of their prevalence and importance, they are also under attack by actors exploiting vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. Unauthorized access, data exposure, injection attacks, broken authentication, DoS attacks, shadow or unmanaged APIs, insecure API dependencies, and more present a real risk to APIs and the organizations that use them.
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By Wallarm
Envoy has carved out a critical role in cloud-native computing, becoming increasingly prevalent as the default ingress controller for Kubernetes. This high-performance proxy, developed by Lyft and now part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s arsenal, is integral for companies scaling up their Kubernetes deployments. Envoy ensures efficient load balancing, security, and operational agility by managing external access to services within Kubernetes clusters,.
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By Wallarm
Earlier this week we had the pleasure of hosting a regional API Security Summit in Chicago (well, actually in Lombard). These summits bring together the local cybersecurity community for half-day of API Security-focused content, including expert speakers and panelists. While this isn’t the first time we’ve organized an event like this, it was memorable for the quality of content and participants.
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By Wallarm
Developers are constantly exploring new technologies that can improve the performance, flexibility, and usability of applications. GraphQL is one such technology that has gained significant attention for its ability to fetch data efficiently. Unlike the traditional REST API, which requires multiple round trips to the server to gather various pieces of data, GraphQL allows developers to retrieve all the needed data in a single request.
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By Wallarm
Managing an organization’s attack surface is a complex problem involving asset discovery, vulnerability analysis, and continuous monitoring. There are multiple well-defined solutions to secure the attack surface, such as extended detection and response (EDR or XDR), security information & event management (SIEM), and security orchestration, automation & response (SOAR); despite that, these tools often do not prioritize APIs.
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By Wallarm
While it was not called ASM, the concept of managing attack surface management began with basic asset management practices in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Organizations focused on keeping an inventory of their digital assets, such as servers, desktops, and network devices. The primary objective was to maintain an accurate record of these assets to ensure proper configuration and patch management.
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By Wallarm
On July 19, 2024, a flawed update in CrowdStrike Falcon's channel file 291 led to a logic error that caused Windows systems to crash, resulting in widespread BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) incidents. The impact was severe, disrupting critical infrastructure globally, from grounded flights to halted public transit systems. In fact, you’d have to have been living under a rock to have missed this incident.
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By Wallarm
As we move through 2024, the Wallarm Research Team continues to monitor the evolving API vulnerability and threat landscape. Our latest Q2 ThreatStats Report reveals critical trends and developments that are reshaping the security environment. Continuing from our Q1 findings, the surge in AI API vulnerabilities is not only persisting but intensifying, with an alarming increase in both the volume and severity of exploits.
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By Wallarm
In this video, we explore a real-world example of a GraphQL exploit that exposed 30 million user accounts to attackers. Learn how vulnerabilities in GraphQL led to access token generation and account takeovers, and what this means for API security.
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By Wallarm
In this video, we break down the key differences between REST APIs and GraphQL, helping you understand which one is the best fit for your project. Learn how each API works, their strengths, and when to choose one over the other.
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By Wallarm
In this video, we dive into the fundamentals of API security by comparing two key security models: Positive and Negative. Learn how each model works, their pros and cons, and how to choose the right one to protect your APIs effectively.
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By Wallarm
Mergers and acquisitions often expose hidden risks, including unsecured JWT tokens and poor documentation practices. Learn why proper documentation and risk management are crucial to avoiding security issues during M&A.
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By Wallarm
Long-lived JSON Web Tokens (JWT) can pose serious security risks if not properly managed. Learn how these tokens can be exploited and why regular security reviews and Canary tokens are essential to protecting your APIs.
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By Wallarm
AI-driven APIs are rapidly increasing, but they come with serious security risks, including zombie APIs and unpatched vulnerabilities. Learn how these hidden threats can lead to data loss and potential breaches.
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By Wallarm
Mergers and acquisitions can expose critical API vulnerabilities, often overlooked due to poor documentation and lack of standardization. Learn about the hidden risks that can lead to delayed incident response and compromised security during M&A processes.
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By Wallarm
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, where application programming interfaces (APIs) are becoming the backbone of technology infrastructure, the need for robust management and security measures have never been more critical. With the surge in API use and the corresponding increase in threats, protecting Mulesoft environments has become a top priority.
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By Wallarm
Did you know that 70-83% of all internet traffic consists of API calls? In today's interconnected world, APIs are the invisible backbone driving your favorite apps, from maps to messaging platforms. This video breaks down the significance of API traffic and how it shapes the way we interact with technology daily. Discover why APIs are more critical than ever and how they power the digital experiences we rely on.
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By Wallarm
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.
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By Wallarm
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.
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By Wallarm
In this comprehensive Q2-2023 report, we reflect on an intensified API threat landscape, underlining prevalent threat vectors, susceptible APIs, and new dimensions in the API security arena. With the inclusion of bug bounty analysis and our inaugural API Security Awards, this report provides granular insights into the current state of API security.
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By Wallarm
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.
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By Wallarm
This 2022 recap report looks back at the deteriorating API threat landscape, the most prevalent types of threat vectors, the most vulnerable types of APIs, and much more to provide API security and DevOps teams the data-driven insights needed to improve API security in 2023. One of the main take-aways is that the API threat landscape is becoming ever more dangerous. We make this assessment based on the 2022 data, and specifically these four trends.
- October 2024 (9)
- September 2024 (16)
- August 2024 (9)
- July 2024 (7)
- June 2024 (5)
- May 2024 (4)
- April 2024 (4)
- March 2024 (7)
- February 2024 (3)
- January 2024 (5)
- December 2023 (2)
- November 2023 (5)
- October 2023 (3)
- September 2023 (11)
- August 2023 (8)
- June 2023 (2)
- May 2023 (1)
- April 2023 (2)
- March 2023 (5)
- February 2023 (1)
- January 2023 (2)
Security and DevOps teams choose Wallarm to discover all cloud-native APIs and legacy web applications running in their environment, and to detect & respond to threats against them.
Whether you need to protect your brand-new cloud-native APIs or your legacy web apps, Wallarm API Security platform delivers all the capabilities to secure your business against emerging threats.
Comprehensive Protection for APIs and Web Applications:
- Coverage: Protect all your internal and public-facing APIs & web applications regardless of protocol across your entire infrastructure to ensure comprehensive protection.
- Detection: Identify, consolidate and prioritize advanced risks – including OWASP Top-10 risks, API-specific threats, and API abuse – to improve security team effectiveness and reduce workload.
- Response: Assess and remediate any weaknesses which expose you to attack and automatically add new against any further breaches.
Protect Apps in a Cloud-Native Era.