Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

As per Traceable’s 2025 State of API Security report, only 21% of the >1500 respondents surveyed across the globe showed confidence in detecting attacks at the API layer. Furthermore, only 13% were capable of preventing >50% of API attacks. This is when the API sprawl is still burgeoning. The challenge, thus, is no longer volume but maturity.

AI-generated phishing emails now achieve a 54% click-through rate against just 12% for human-crafted messages. No, that is not a typo! With AI, attackers are now 4.5x more effective at breaching and bleeding your defences. Secondly, phishing attacks have surged by over 1,265% since ChatGPT’s launch in 2022, enabling cybercriminals to launch campaigns at unprecedented scales. The harsh reality?

99% of organizations faced API security issues in the past 12 months. Yet only 10% have an API posture governance strategy in place to actually defend against them. What makes this worse is that 95% of API attacks now come from authenticated sources. Traditional defenses built around authentication are failing. Shadow APIs and zombie APIs operate undetected while businesses manage an average of 660 endpoints with little visibility.

Here’s an unsettling truth: While 80% of organizations are adopting AI, only 6% have any form of AI security strategy in place (SandboxAQ 2025 AI Security Benchmark report). It’s like buying a Porsche 911 without locks or keys, a cash-guzzling public service car whose cost you’re apparently happy to bear.

Today, APIs power everything from mobile apps to cloud platforms, quietly moving data behind the scenes. That invisibility makes them prime targets. Over 84% of organizations experienced API security incidents last year, with breaches exposing ten times more data than in traditional attacks. Attackers now deploy AI-powered tools that map endpoints in minutes and exploit business logic flaws your defenses can’t see.