API Security Operations: How to Move from Visibility to Measurable Risk Reduction

A five-level operating model for turning API security visibility into measurable risk reduction, faster remediation, and confident digital growth — without slowing development. What is API security operationalization? API security operationalization is the process of converting API discovery and...

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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...

How to Reduce API Sprawl with API Discovery

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5 Reasons Why You Need API Discovery

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Why Insurers Need Visibility Into APIs Risks

Learn the importance of API discovery, inventory, and risk assessment for insurance companies, and read two examples of why API security is a team sport...

API Security and The Silent Menace of Unknown APIs

The digital application landscape is evolving rapidly, with APIs as the backbone of modern software development. However, amidst all this innovation lies a silent menace: the prevalence of unknown APIs. These APIs, often lurking beyond sanctioned channels, pose significant security risks to...

Latest Research Reveals Rise in API Attacks in 2023, Putting Businesses at Risk in 2024

The State of API Security in 2024 Report highlights how APIs and their increased usage are significantly changing the threat landscape. In 2023, the number of API-targeted attacks rose significantly. Attacks targeting the business logic of APIs constituted 27% of attacks in 2023, a growth of 10%...

Wallarm Named a Leader in GigaOm Radar for API Security

I am thrilled to share that Wallarm, has been named a leader in the GigaOm Radar for API Security! We would like to share insights from the recent GigaOm 2023 API Security Radar report, particularly shining a spotlight on our Advanced API Security solution. The growing importance of APIs and API...

Mastering API Security: Learn the 3 Key Principles at Kong API Summit 2023

In an era where APIs Application Programming Interfaces are the lifeblood of digital interactions, the need for robust API security has never been more critical. According to Gartner research, a staggering 90% of web-enabled applications are predicted to harbor vulnerabilities related to APIs. To...

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API8:2023 Security Misconfiguration

Welcome to the 9th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. This post will focus on API8:2023 Security Misconfiguration. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impact and...

Take Care of Orphan APIs with Wallarm

The Wallarm API Discovery module has been further enhanced to enable customers to identify Orphan APIs and bring them under management. In this post we’ll discuss what Orphan APIs are, why they matter, and how to regain control of your API portfolio. What Are Orphan APIs? Orphan APIs are endpoint...

Find APIs Hiding in the Shadows

What’s hiding in the shadows? It’s a well understood reality that unmanaged IT assets tend to be unmonitored IT assets, and that both introduce risk. Whether it’s a forgotten about application, or an unmanaged cloud storage volume, you can’t protect what you don’t know about. Attackers thrive on...

Imperva Unveils Latest API Security Enhancements

Imperva is continuing to evolve its API Security offering to help customers better protect their APIs, wherever they are, and to meet changing market requirements. Since launching API Security in March 2022, we continued investing in our API Security offering with the goal of simplifying the...

Predictions for 2023 from Latest API Threat Research | API Security Newsletter

March has arrived and is roaring like a very confused lion, at least in the northern hemisphere. And much like in the wild, brood production is increasing. Weve already seen some fruits of that labor, such as the Q4-2022 and 2022 Year-End ThreatStats™ Report, and some very tasty product upgrades...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

github.com/eolinker/apinto-dashboard is vulnerable to cross-site scriptingXSS attacks. A remote authenticated attacker is able to inject and execute malicious JavaScript on the victim's machine due to insufficient checks in /api/discoveries/ file...

Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty shipped with IBM WebSphere Application Server Patterns are vulnerable to Clickjacking (CVE-2021-39038)

Summary IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to clickjacking when REST API discovery is configured through the WebSphere administrative console Web Container settings to enable the API Discovery service, or through IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty features mpOpenAPI-1.0,...

Security Bulletin: WebSphere Application Server shipped with Jazz for Service Management (JazzSM) is vulnerable to Clickjacking (CVE-2021-39038)

Summary IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to clickjacking when REST API discovery is configured through the WebSphere administrative console Web Container settings to enable the API Discovery service, or through IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty features mpOpenAPI-1.0,...

Discovering shadow APIs with a API firewall

Shadow APIs can be defined as active endpoints that you are not aware of. Some APIs are deployed but never documented. Others are services that don’t have an owner anymore. Some are even old v2 versions that have been deprecated for years, yet still exposed. Long story short: these APIs are not...