Wallarm Podcast: Security Challenges of 2017 and Predictions for 2018

Right before Christmas, we have invited several security professionals to a roundtable event where we discussed how AI is affecting cybersecurity landscape. While we had them on as panelists, we have asked Richard Seiersen, Bill Chen and Sean Todd to share their views on the biggest security...

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...

Choosing the Right Deployment Option for Your API Security Solution

You need an API security solution. That much is a given although some may argue it isn’t!. While essential for business growth and innovation, APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, expose the organizations that use them to cyber threats. Attackers are both aware of and actively exploiting...

Two of Wallarm’s Open-source Tools Have Been Accepted into Black Hat Arsenal 2024

We're gearing up with some seriously cool stuff for Black Hat! But first, a little sneak peek - not just one, but TWO of Wallarm's open-source tools will be featured in the Arsenal showcase at Black Hat USA this year. Black Hat Arsenal unites researchers and the open-source community to display...

Best API Security Product: Wallarm wins 2024 Cybersecurity Excellence Award

We are thrilled to announce that Wallarm has clinched the sought-after 2024 Cybersecurity Excellence Award, under the category Best API Security Product. Our unwavering commitment to pioneering solutions that safeguard digital ecosystems, and fortify API security amidst the evolving cyber threat...

Security Operations (SecOps)

Understanding the Basics of Security Operations SecOps SecOps represents the blending of cybersecurity proficiency with operational domains, forming a powerful bulwark. Its primary mission lies in safeguarding the fundamental data assets and technological infrastructures of an organization. More...

Dark Web Monitoring

Unveiling Dark Web Surveillance: Bolstering Internet Safety Journey with us into the unchartered territories of the internet, where a masked sector called the Dark Net thrives. This secret hub is notorious for harboring unlawful actions ranging from infringed identity to stolen data, bringing for...

What Is Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) ?

Unraveling the Mysteries Behind the Zero Trust Network Access ZTNA Paradigm Digital protection strategies have traditionally relied heavily on the concept of trust. However, these conventional notions, which assume a considerable measure of security within an organization's connectivity sphere,...

2022 Year-End API ThreatStats™ Report

In 2022, the Wallarm Threat Research team went through almost 350,000 reports to find 650 API-specific vulnerabilities, and tracked 115 published exploits impacting these vulnerabilities – all of which could negatively impact your business risk posture. The 2022 Year-End API ThreatStats™ Report...

An Introduction to the Specifics of Start-Ups Security

Security probably would not be too interesting to you at all if you were a liquor store, restaurant, or work in similar sectors of the economy. However, security should definitely be a front-row concept if you are a start-up in the technology space or a business that depends on technology for...

HealthTech Security and Compliance, the Practitioner View

A conversation with George Michelson, a long term executive of LiveWatch Services George, can you tell us a bit about yourself? I am an IT professional with over 25 years of experience spanning different industries. From 2008 to 2013 I was serving as a vice president of IT for LIfeWatch Services,...

Fundamentals of GraphQL-specific attacks

GraphQL vs REST APIs Developers are constantly exploring new technologies that can improve the performance, flexibility, and usability of applications. GraphQL is one such technology that has gained significant attention for its ability to fetch data efficiently. Unlike the traditional REST API,...

Directory Traversal: Examples, Testing, and Prevention

Unveiling the Enigma of Path Navigation: An Exhaustive Exploration and Insight Path Navigation, often referred to as Folder Navigation, symbolizes a kind of security extraction point allowing unauthorized individuals to gain unauthorized access to specific files held within a server's database...

Introducing the Wallarm 2024 API ThreatStatsTM Report

The Wallarm Security Research team is pleased to share the latest version of our API ThreatStats report. This report serves as a key resource for API, Application security practitioners. It emphasizes the need for a proactive stance in API security, advocating for continuous monitoring, regular...

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API6:2023 Unrestricted Access to Sensitive Business Flows

Welcome to the 7th 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 API6:2023 Unrestricted Access to Sensitive Business Flows. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the...

RSAC 2022 – The Year of API Security

Not only is RSAC back in person, but API security is coming to the forefront. Wallarm, the G2 leader in Application Security, is thrilled to be back at RSAC where we will show off all of our new API Security capabilities and tools since we last saw everyone in 2020. Highlights of What’s New:...

Apache Solr 1,2,3,4 Kill-Chain.

One of the services Wallarm offers today are Pentest Audits. Our team has met a new challenging task at a recent project: penetration test & usage for Apache Solr V4.10.4. We want to use this blog to describe the way we have identified vulnerability & managed to execute commands with root...

RSA 2020 – Must Visit

Visit Wallarm at RSA 2020 booth 4118 + see a list of other events going on during the conference for a richer experience The post RSA 2020 - Must Visit appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

How to protect web applications on Google Cloud Platform with WAF?

Many of the developers we speak to are interested in taking advantage of Google Compute Cloud for developing and hosting their web applications. The advantages are many from reasonable costs to built in scalability to high level of availability built right into the platform. However, the develope...

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API9:2023 Improper Inventory Management

Welcome to the 10th 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 API9:2023 Improper Inventory Management. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impac...

Building Security into Cloud Native Apps with NGINX

Industries from hospitality to taxis/transportation and food delivery are being disrupted by new age companies like Airbnb, Uber and DoorDash that have a cloud-based software infrastructure as one of their main enablers. Why do all these new companies use cloud and what advantage does it give the...

How To Protect Your Kubernetes Cluster with Wallarm – Running in Production Mode – part 3 of 3

The previous two blog articles in this series describe how to set up Wallarm Ingress controller and configure it so that it can properly allow or block traffic from trusted or suspicious/malicious IP addresses. This is essential to the functionality of Wallarm’s Ingress controller but it isn’t...

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API10:2023 Unsafe Consumption of APIs

Welcome to the 11th 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 API10:2023 Unsafe Consumption of APIs. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impact...

Wallarm launches Cloud WAF with the best-in-class API protection

An easy to use Cloud WAF and API protection package We are thrilled to announce the launch of the new Wallarm Cloud WAF deployment for Wallarm Cloud-Native Security Platform. Get your application protection up and running in 15 minutes, without any installation at all. You can now gain protection...

When your WAF needs its own WAF

Security products have their own security issues, which can affect products that they were designed to secure. It's not a recursive loop, but the reality. WAFs there are not an exclusion. You can remember CloudFlare self-DoS that happened last year...

Key Considerations in API security

Every day, there are billions of API calls being executed. These include public APIs, private APIs, SaaS APIs, APIs performing mobile back-end functions and many more. Given the gravity of the threat and the sheer volume of what’s exposed, how do we develop systems that are both safe and robust?...

Lessons from the OpenAI and Hugging Face Incident: When Safety Filters Disarm the Defender

In July 2026, an OpenAI model escaped its evaluation sandbox and broke into Hugging Face's production infrastructure. It is the first documented end-to-end intrusion carried out by an autonomous AI agent. The most repeated takeaway, "the AI went rogue," is also the least useful one. The real...

Wallarm’s Crusade Against Rising Credential Stuffing Threats

Credential Stuffing, a vital yet often overlooked aspect of cybersecurity, needs to be addressed with urgency. An alarmingly large segment of the population engages in the risky habit of using the same password for various accounts. This behavior parallels the risk of using a universal key for...

What Is Microservices Architecture

Mastering the Essential Elements of Services-Focused Programming The methodology of programming using tiny, interdependent software units, often simplified to 'Microservices', has seen a marked uptick in usage in recent times. This distinct architectural paradigm shapes an application as a group ...

What is MDR ?

Gaining Insight: Decoding MDR's Functions As we navigate the continually evolving cybersecurity landscape, Managed Detection and Response MDR surfaces as a game-changing strategy. But, what does MDR truly signify? In its purest form, MDR marries technical expertise with sector-specific knowledge ...

What are JWT Injections, and Why do You Need to Know About Them

JSON Web Tokens JWTs for short are the new standard for transmitting identity information in the digital age. JWTs are JSON objects that act as an identifier for your user or application. They’re used to authenticate users and securely transmit secrets as part of an API, application, or service...

Cybersecurity Engineer Guide – Job Description and How to Become

Introduction The interest for network security occupations is soaring, but the arrangement is at an incredible insufficient. Experts anticipate a 2021 increment of 3,500,000 empty web-based security occupations all over the planet, as shown by the New York Times. Essentially, there arent sufficie...

Meet JWT heartbreaker, a Burp extension that finds thousands weak secrets automatically

In the recent post https://lab.wallarm.com/340-weak-jwt-secrets-you-should-check-in-your-code/, we presented a wallarm/jwt-secrets GitHub repository with a 340 JSON Web Token secrets available publicly. Using this data, its possible to check if you or your developers forgot to change default...

Protecting gRPC applications and APIs

Wallarm has always stood out from its competitors when it comes to supporting modern stacks. For a long time Wallarm has been the only product to provide comprehensive protection for WebSockets-based web applications. Once again, Wallarm is glad to be the pioneer and add support for the gRPC...

Key API Security Takeaways from the Postman 2025 State of API Report

API security has never been more important because modern APIs are operational necessities. Unfortunately, many organizations are failing to adapt their security models to a rapidly changing API threat landscape. Like it or not, we live in an AI-first world, and API security must reflect that...

Five Uncomfortable Truths About LLMs in Production

Many tech professionals see integrating large language models LLMs as a simple process -just connect an API and let it run. At Wallarm, our experience has proved otherwise. Through rigorous testing and iteration, our engineering team uncovered several critical insights about deploying LLMs secure...

What is Recovery Time Objective (RTO)?

Grasping the Technique: The Often Misconstrued 'RTO' Unravelled in the Sphere of Business Resiliency At the heart of organisational durability and a tactical roadmap directing towards reestablishing regular operations post-disruptions, lies the often misrepresented 'Recovery Time Objective' RTO...

ChatGPT Injection: a new type of API Abuse attack may steal your OpenAI API credits

ChatGPT is spreading like wildfire all over the internet, being used in everything from casual tools to cybersecurity and even industrial applications. Its so popular, I wouldnt be shocked if it starts running a nuclear power plant soon if it isnt already! Using OpenAIs ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4, an...

Q3-2022 API ThreatStats™ Report

The latest quarterly review and analysis of API vulnerabilities and exploits is in. Our initial take had us thinking it was smooth sailing for the state of API vulnerabilities in Q3—or was it just a lull in the storm? As it turns out, it’s neither. Read on to learn more about Wallarm’s analysis o...

Wallarm Recognized on CRN 2018 Emerging Vendor List

We are delighted to share that CRN® has named Wallarm to its 2018 Emerging Vendors List in the Security Category category. The complete Emerging Vendors list will be featured online at www.crn.com/emergingvendor. This list recognizes up-and-coming technology suppliers who are shaping the future o...

The API Imperative: Securing Agentic AI and Beyond

We recently released The Rise of Agentic AI, our API ThreatStats report for Q1 2025, finding that evolving API threats are fueled by the rise of agentic AI systems, growing complexity in cloud-native infrastructure, and a surge in software supply chain risks, and uncovered patterns and actionable...

API Security’s Role in Responsible AI Deployment

By now, you will almost certainly be aware of the transformative impact artificial intelligence AI technologies are having on the world. What you may not be aware of, however, is the role Application Programming Interfaces APIs are playing in the AI revolution. The bottom line is that APIs are...

Top 4 Industries at Risk of Credential Stuffing and Account Takeover (ATO) attacks

All industries are at risk of credential stuffing and account takeover ATO attacks. However, some industries are at a greater risk because of the sensitive information or volume of customer data they possess. While cyber-attacks come in all forms and techniques, credential stuffing involves an...

Top 6 Data Breaches That Cost Millions

“If you put a key under the mat for the cops, a burglar can find it, too. Criminals are using every technology tool at their disposal to hack into people’s accounts. If they know there’s a key hidden somewhere, they won’t stop until they find it.” - Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. The entire digital...

What is a Network Management Station (NMS) ?

The Bedrock of the Network Coordination Hub NCH Delving into the substantial domain of digital networks, the Network Coordination Hub NCH is unveiled as a critical component ensuring fluid network operations. Let us unravel this concept - an NCH signifies a control console employed for supervisin...

What Is mTLS? The Essential Guide You Can’t Afford to Miss

Intro: mTLS — The Unsung Hero of Cybersecurity Picture this: You're a secret agent on a high-stakes mission. You have a briefcase full of confidential information that you need to hand over securely. Sure, you could pass it to another agent, but how do you know you can trust them? Here's where mT...

OWASP API Security Top-10 for 2023 Risk Ratings

As you know by now, the final version of the OWASP API Security Top-10 2023 has been released. At first blush, the final 2023 release seems to retain most of the changes in category naming, language and intent from the 2019 edition which we saw in the RC version. In this post, we are going to...

Exploiting Oracle WebLogic by Remote Code Execution with a /console endpoint restricted

This article explains how to exploit Oracle WebLogic for remote code execution by using valid credentials. Its useful during black-box security audits, pentests, and infrastructure audits, including automated vulnerability scanning. To set up an example playground, we will use the following docke...

Native integrations in Wallarm WAF

How to configure sending reports to email? How to get a notification to the messenger about an event requiring a response? How to connect Wallam and other solutions that use DevOps and the security team? Integrations will help to solve all these issues in Wallam WAF. And today we'll talk about th...

It’s Not Magic — It’s AI

New Whitepaper On How Wallarm AI Works “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” Arthur C. Clarke Ever wanted to look under the covers of deep learning/artificial intelligence engine? While deep learning algorithms are generally based on neurons combined into a neura...