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Why API Security Is No Longer an AppSec Problem - And What Security Leaders Must Do Instead

Jan 29, 2026 By Wallarm In Wallarm
APIs are one of the most important technologies in digital business ecosystems. And yet, the responsibility for their security often falls to AppSec teams – and that’s a problem. This organizational mismatch creates systemic risk: business teams assume APIs are “secured,” while attackers exploit logic flaws, authorization gaps, and automated attacks in production. As Tim Erlin noted recently, “These are not exploits of a specific vulnerability, but abuse of an API.”
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What is API Security Management? A Complete Guide

Jan 28, 2026 By Sanskriti Jain In Astra
The fact that you’re here is proof enough that API is somewhere disturbing your or your security team’s sleep. Whether it is 99% of organizations reporting API security issues in recent surveys, or it’s a compliance/client mandate. We know you are (fear you soon will be) grappling with shadow APIs, misconfigured endpoints leaking sensitive data, BOLAs, unauthorized access, and more.
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Stop Staring at JSON: How GenAI is Solving the API "Context Crisis"

Jan 28, 2026 By Eric Schwake In Salt Security
There is a moment that happens in every SOC (Security Operations Center) every day. An alert fires. An analyst looks at a dashboard and sees a UR: POST /vs/payments/proc/77a. And then they stop. They stare. And they ask the question that kills productivity: "What does this thing actually do?" Is it a critical payment gateway? A test function? Does it handle credit card numbers or just transaction IDs?
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How to integrate third-party APIs in Drupal

Jan 27, 2026 By miniOrange In miniOrange
Learn how to create and manage Custom REST API endpoints in Drupal using the Custom API module. This step-by-step tutorial shows how to build APIs without writing complex backend code, using Drupal’s core REST and routing system. Comprehensive Documentation: Don't forget to subscribe to our channel and click on the bell icon to get notifications about new uploads.
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Business Logic Abuse: The Attack You Can't Patch #businesslogic #apisecurity #cybersecurity

Jan 27, 2026 By Wallarm In Wallarm
The attack that no patch can fix Scenario:"Give me one million pizzas" API responds: "OK, one million pizzas at $0.01 each" Attacker: "Thanks!" What happened? API works exactly as designed Syntax is correct Protocol is followed WAF sees nothing wrong BUT the business logic intended: "Max 100 pizzas per order, at normal pricing".
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From the Data Lake to the Edge: Why Universal Visibility is the Future of API Security

Jan 22, 2026 By Eric Schwake In Salt Security
If you look at an enterprise architecture diagram from five years ago, it looks relatively tidy. You had a data center, maybe a cloud provider, and a few gateways. Today, that diagram looks like a constellation. Data is living in AI platforms like Databricks. Frontend applications are pushed to the edge on Netlify. Logic is scattered across microservices, serverless functions, and legacy IIS servers. For security teams, this fragmentation creates a massive headache: Blind Spots.
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Your API Is the New Titanic (Iceberg Already Here) #apisecurity #cybersecurity #riskmanagement #api

Jan 22, 2026 By Wallarm In Wallarm
The Titanic didn't hit the iceberg by accident. Organizations hit the API security iceberg for the same reason: they didn't see it coming. Your API iceberg consists of: Public APIs — for customers (SaaS, partners, third-parties) Private APIs — internal infrastructure (larger companies = larger insider threat surface) Partner APIs — for ecosystem integration AI APIs — the new frontier (and the most dangerous)
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$170k Gone in One Day - API Paid Out Money Itself #apisecurity #cybersecurity #fraud #api #ai

Jan 20, 2026 By Wallarm In Wallarm
This isn't a data leak. This is direct financial loss. The case: Flex Pay (payment processor in India) The vulnerability: An API flaw allowed unauthorized payouts The impact: $170,000 vanished in a single day Why this matters: Most CISOs focus on data breaches. But some APIs control MONEY. If that API is vulnerable, the attacker doesn't steal data—they drain your accounts. Attackers aren't always after data. Sometimes they're after money. And financial APIs are often the most neglected from a security perspective.
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10 Best API Pentesting Tools in 2026 [Expert Opinion]

Jan 16, 2026 By Jinson Varghese In Astra
Security testing often becomes fragmented as systems scale and APIs multiply across platforms. Different teams use different tools, leading to inconsistent vulnerability identification and patching, which creates gaps in security and leaves organizations vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated API attacks.
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How to Build an Enterprise API Security Strategy (Beyond Gateways and Checklists)

Jan 15, 2026 By Rishabh Goyal In Astra
In the last few years, many of the largest data exposures haven’t come from broken pages or leaked databases. They’ve come from APIs. Public reports around large-scale scraping incidents at companies like Meta and LinkedIn showed how exposed APIs, not traditional web flaws, were used to pull massive volumes of user data at scale. This isn’t an edge case anymore. APIs now sit at the center of how enterprises move data between applications, partners, and customers.
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