Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

November 2024

API and Cybersecurity: Protecting the Wires That Connect the World #API #APISecurity #Cybersecurity

APIs are the foundation of modern connectivity, but with great power comes great risk. In this video, explore: The critical role APIs play in industries like Smart Cities and connected cars. Overlooked client-side vulnerabilities that expose hidden risks. How misconfigurations amplify data breaches at scale. Key cybersecurity measures like rate limiting to prevent exploitability.

How Is API Abuse Different from Web Application Attacks by Bots?

API abuse and web application bot attacks are often confused. This is understandable, as both involve automated interactions and are usually executed by bots. Both attack vectors are prevalent; criminals are always eager to disrupt the foundations on which businesses base their operations to achieve their malicious goals and they frequently automate their actions for maximum results.

Beyond Traditional Security: Addressing the API Security Gap

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.

Loose AWS API keys: what's your real risk?

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.

How API Vulnerabilities Expose Millions of Records in Just Minutes! #DataLeak #DataBreach

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.

API (In)security: The Hidden Risk of Black Friday

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.

The Ultimate API Threat Report: How Wallarm Analyzes Attacks #Wallarm #dataanalysis

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.

Taming API Sprawl: Best Practices for API Discovery and Management

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.

Why Regular APIs Aren't Safe for AI Agents: A Case for Enhanced Privacy and Controls

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.

API, Identities and solving for the biggest challenges

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.

Dell's API Security Failure: How 49 Million Records Were Exposed #dell #DataBreach #dataleaks

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.

Founder's Corner: Episode 3

Welcome to Episode Three of Salt Security’s Podcast Series: Founder’s Corner Salt’s CEO and Co-founder, Roey Eliyahu, talks with Salt’s CMO, Michael Callahan, about the first step of the customer journey in API Security: Discovery (also known as the crawl stage). They dive into topics around Discovery (as well as Salt’s phases of Discovery), Data Security, Shadow and Zombie APIs, GenAI, and how Salt is utilizing AI.

Your AppSec Journey Demystified: Driving Effective API Security with Wallarm and StackHawk

There is no doubt that attackers have shifted their attention to APIs. Wallarm’s API ThreatStats research identifies that 70% of attacks now target APIs instead of Web Applications. While APIs have become the backbone of innovation and connectivity for businesses, they have also introduced a vast attack surface that’s challenging to defend with traditional methods alone.

Context is King: Using API Sessions for Security Context

There’s no doubt that API security is a hot topic these days. The continued growth in API-related breaches and increase in publicized API vulnerabilities has pushed API security to the top of CISO’s lists. The tools in the market for API security still have room for improvement, of course. One of the challenges security practitioners face with APIs is understanding the context in which an attack took place.

The Hidden Costs of API Breaches: Quantifying the Long-Term Business Impact

API attacks can be costly. Really costly. Obvious financial impacts like legal fines, stolen finances, and incident response budgets can run into the hundreds of millions. However, other hidden costs often compound the issue, especially if you’re not expecting them. This article will explore the obvious and hidden costs of API breaches, their long-term business impacts, and how you can communicate the importance of API security to business stakeholders and decision-makers.

How Weak Access Controls Led to the Optus API Breach #accesscontrol #databreach #dataleaks

Broken access controls are one of the leading causes of API breaches. Learn how weak access control can leave your data exposed, as we explore real-world examples and share insights on protecting sensitive information. Strengthen your API access controls to safeguard against unauthorized access and potential breaches!

AI-Powered APIs: Expanding Capabilities and Attack Surfaces

AI and APIs have a symbiotic relationship. APIs power AI by providing the necessary data and functionality, while AI enhances API security through advanced threat detection and automated responses. In 2023, 83% of Internet traffic traveled through APIs, but there was a 21% increase in API-related vulnerabilities in Q3 2024, severely impacting AI. The relationship between AI and APIs expands capabilities while simultaneously increasing potential vulnerabilities.

Key Indicators of a Strong API Security Program - Do You Have Them? #securitymeasures #securitykey

What does a successful API security program look like? Discover the essential indicators that every organization should monitor, from inventory control to continuous monitoring and anomaly detection. Learn how these key metrics can safeguard your APIs and ensure your defenses are ready for emerging threats!

Gaining Security Context with API Session Data

API attacks don't always occur in a single request, and more sophisticated attacks require additional context. Whether it's account takeover or scraping, understanding the behavior of an attacker across a session is key to accurate detection and effective investigation. Today, organizations often lack the ability to delve into the details of specific API sessions. Data is spread across multiple tools, or simply unavailable. The Wallarm platform allows users to seamlessly navigate between attack detections and the surrounding session data to fully understand the behavior and interactions involved.

API Security: The Non-Negotiable for Modern Transportation

The transportation sector is undergoing a digital revolution, from railways to aviation and trucking. APIs are at the heart of this transformation, particularly for airlines. Airlines utilize APIs to integrate internal systems with vital services such as booking platforms, check-in services, real-time flight updates, communication with customs agencies, and baggage handling.

Attackers Abuse DocuSign API to Send Authentic-Looking Invoices At Scale

In a concerning trend, cybercriminals are leveraging DocuSign's APIs to send fake invoices that appear strikingly authentic. Unlike traditional phishing scams that rely on deceptively crafted emails and malicious links, these incidents use genuine DocuSign accounts and templates to impersonate reputable companies, catching users and security tools off guard.