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What you need to know about the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top 10

The 2023 OWASP API Security Top 10 list compiles and explains the most recent and pressing security threats facing today’s complex API ecosystem. As part of the committee that defined this industry-framing list, Salt gives you an insider view into the categories and how those embarking on their API security journey can most effectively address the critical vulnerabilities raised.

CVE-2023-34362 - Zero-Day Vulnerability Discovered in MOVEit Transfer is Exploited in the Wild by Cl0p Ransomeware - Here's What you Need to Know

On May 29, 2023, a critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-34362, was published, leaving users of MOVEit Transfer software at high risk. According to Progress, organizations have reported possible exploitation in the wild. Therefore it’s crucial that any business using MOVEit Transfer to take immediate action, especially since all versions of this popular file transfer software are affected by this vulnerability.

Salt Announces Bi-directional Integration with Wiz!

We have exciting news to share! Salt Security is building a bi-directional integration with the Wiz cloud security platform! With this announcement, Salt becomes the first API security vendor to build a two-way integration with Wiz, giving Wiz customers the deepest and most actionable insights into API behaviors – all within Wiz’s comprehensive cloud security platform.

Protecting GraphQL APIs from malicious queries

Starting today, Cloudflare’s API Gateway can protect GraphQL APIs against malicious requests that may cause a denial of service to the origin. In particular, API Gateway will now protect against two of the most common GraphQL abuse vectors: deeply nested queries and queries that request more information than they should.

Introducing GitLab security scanner integration

Bearer CLI's CI/CD integration with GitLab is a great way to add security scanning to your projects. We've taken things a step further and now support GitLab's SAST security scanner integration directly in GitLab CI for GitLab Ultimate users. This feature is available in Bearer CLI v1.9.0 and later. See our upgrade guide for your platform. Let’s dive into how it works.

What APIs Do and Don't Do

It’s hard to be in the realm of technology and not hear about APIs these days. Whether it’s the launch of the ChatGPT API or news of a significant data breach at Twitter, APIs are having their time in the spotlight. Yet, despite their ubiquity, many still have questions about APIs' capabilities (and limitations). What are APIs for? What do they do? And what are they unable to do in the current era?

Better Together: Stopping API Attacks with Salt and AWS WAF

APIs power today’s digital economy and enable organizations to succeed in their business innovation efforts. Because every company’s APIs are unique, so are its security gaps, which bad actors will inevitably try to exploit. Only through rich context and deep behavioral analysis can these attackers be stopped. Many of the APIs that enable today’s applications and business services live and breathe within the Amazon Web Service (AWS) ecosystem.

OWASP API Security Top 10 2023 Explained

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a non-profit foundation devoted to web application security. One of OWASP's guiding principles is that all of their resources should be freely available and simple to find on their website, enabling anyone to increase the security of their own web applications. They provide forums, tools, videos, and documentation among other things.

Checklist for Developers to Build Secure APIs

APIs were already ubiquitous in driving modern applications. However, the pandemic has further accelerated growth in innovation and expansion of digital services, making APIs even more widespread. In today’s world, rapid innovation would not be possible without secure APIs. Attacks on APIs are increasing exponentially. Gartner suggests API abuses are the most significant attack vector since 2022. Hence securing APIs is more critical than ever in the past.