avro vs protobuf

A Kickoff Discussion on Core Aspects of Avro & Protobuf When deliberating on the subject of data structure encoding, a tandem of tools frequently emerges in technical discussions: Avro and Protobuf. Originating from a vision of precise data compression, the distinguishable features and applicatio...

Wallarm at Black Hat USA 2023 Booth #3131

Wallarm is excited to be back at Black Hat USA this year and meet with our friends in the community wanting or perhaps needing to learn more about integrated web app and API protection. We look forward to seeing you there! Expo Hours If you’re attending in person, the Business Hall is open for tw...

Introducing Integrated API Abuse Prevention to Combat Bad Bots

In recent years theres been a rise in "API Abuse" attacks, which includes detrimental automated behaviors such as malicious bots, account takeover ATO, credential stuffing, application layer L7 DDoS, data scraping, and more. For instance, in April-2021 malicious actors scraped the personal data o...

Two critical security flaws found in Nginx-Ingress controller

Ingress controllers allow users to configure an HTTP load balancer for applications running on Kubernetes. It’s needed to serve those applications to clients outside of the Kubernetes Cluster. It’s also configured with Kubernetes API to deploy objects called Ingress Resources The NGINX Ingress...

Understanding Your Monthly Security Reports

When we first starting a conversation with our prospects, we are frequently asked, “Just how will I know that Wallarm is working?” To help answer that, let’s take a look at the report we sent to one of our customers last week to understand what kind of threats Wallarm defends agains. Wallarm...

Google’s lessons in security: bring together security engineering and incident response

Last week during Google Next conference, we have heard an interesting talk where a google security PM, Andy Chang, explained what Google has learned from preventing, detecting and responding to cyber attacks over the years. Not surprisingly, Google is paying a lot of attention to securing the...

Vulnerabilities in BIG-IP Next Central Manager allows control of managed devices

Introduction In May 2024, new vulnerabilities have been identified in BIG-IP Next Central Manager, raising considerable security concerns. This discovery follows closely on the heels of a critical vulnerability revealed in April within Palo Alto's firewalls with enabled GlobalProtect feature, whi...

CRUD VS REST Explained

In the digital creation field, particularly web building, there exists two phrases that often become a riddle for neophytes and even seasoned coders: CRUD and REST. These pair of notions form the bedrock of knowledge in comprehending how information is tweaked and relayed across the World Wide We...

Integrating API Security and WAF into K8s Kong API Gateway

Article by Jiju Jacob, Director of Engineering at Revenera This is an update of Mr. Jacobs’ 05/23 post in his Medium blog. He is a Director of Engineering at Revenera. Revenera, born as InstallShield and now a Flexera company, helps software and technology companies use open source solutions more...

Lessons Learned from the Equifax Disaster

143 million U.S. consumers, Equifax.com users who may have been affected by the the worst data breach in history are receiving all sorts of advice including a free TrustedID product license from Equifax. But despite numerous public reports about the incident, there are still many important...

Kong and Wallarm Partner Up to Boost Microservices API Security

Wallarm has partnered with Mashape to provide the microservices community with API security. Mashape enterprise customers who use Kong API gateway can now quickly add API security protection without change in Kong user’s deployment. Read more about Kong and Wallarm partnership in this blog. Today...

Deep Dive into the Latest API Security Vulnerabilities in Envoy

Envoy has carved out a critical role in cloud-native computing, becoming increasingly prevalent as the default ingress controller for Kubernetes. This high-performance proxy, developed by Lyft and now part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s arsenal, is integral for companies scaling up...

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...

Wallarm Webinar: NIST CSF 2.0, API Security, and CISO Imperatives

Last week, our good friend Raj Umadas, Director of Security at ActBlue, teamed up with our very own Tim Erlin, Head of Product, to talk about the newly proposed NIST Cybersecurity Framework CSF. It was a fantastic discussion covering the intent behind this update, the major changes from v1.1 to...

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API1:2023 Broken Object Level Authorization

Welcome to the 2nd 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 API1:2023 Broken Object Level Authorization. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the...

Wallarm extends AWS API security with the official Terraform module

Wallarm API Security solution is now available in AWS as an official Terraform module, with a full feature set including autoscaling groups, API Gateway connector, mirroring, and agentless out-of-band deployments. To address modern cloud-native threats, API security vendor Wallarm released extend...

How To Protect Your Kubernetes Cluster with Wallarm – part 1 of 3

Kubernetes clusters enable an organization to easily take advantage of containerization. While this is a huge asset, it also creates security issues. Many organizations lack visibility into the applications within their Kubernetes cluster and their attack surface. Within a Kubernetes cluster, an...

Stopping Credential Stuffing Attacks: We Need to Do Better

Do you know what 23andMe, Jason's Deli, North Face, and Hot Topic have in common? They've all been breached by successful credential stuffing attacks in the last year! An attack type that has gained prominence in recent years is credential stuffing. In this blog, we will explore what credential...

Wallarm adds Cybersecurity Leaders to its Board of Advisors

New Advisory Board Members Bring Extensive Experience to Assist Organizations Needing to Enhance and Accelerate their API Security Posture January 12, 2023 02:30 PM Eastern Standard Time SAN FRANCISCO -BUSINESS WIRE- Wallarm, the end-to-end API security company, is pleased to introduce the newest...

Fetching Full-Text Alert Data with the Wallarm API

A lot of information about detected malicious requests is already available in the Wallarm console UI. However, the search functionality of the Wallarm UI does not provide full visibility into every type of potential attack or full details of a particular alert. If this level of visibility is...

Legacy WAF Issues

Traditional WAFs speak to bigger adoption problems for technologists, innovators, and businesses. Making a decision in today’s marketplace is like being a kid in a toy store. There are so many options that excitement quickly turns to settling on a familiar choice, so it’s no surprise that...

What You Should Know About Side-Channel Attacks, Like Meltdown

“The light is on in their window. They must be home.” This is a classic example of a side information channel. They didn’t TELL you they were home. But the side effect of them being home in the evening is the light in the window — which is how you’re pretty sure they are home even though this...

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...

Using WebSocket as your Real Time Protocol? Wallam got you covered.

In the beginning there was http 1 or 2, web pages were static and did not do much beyond displaying static text and images. Life has changed since… Web applications discovered that bi-directional communication between the browser and the web server is essential. Of course, http protocol, with it’...

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...

CVE-2024-41110: Once Again, Docker Addresses API Vulnerability That Can Bypass Auth Plugins

Summary A significant vulnerability CVE-2024-41110 was recently discovered in Docker Engine version 18.09.1.Although the issue was identified and fixed in 2019, the patch did not apply to other major versions, resulting in regression. The vulnerability was assigned a CVSS score of 10 critical...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Azure CLI Code Injection CVE-2022-39327 hits 9.8/10 CVSS score

The most recent Azure CLI Code Injection vulnerability is a rare and dangerous case. It’s not often that the most popular cloud platform client is vulnerable to such critical issues as code injection. Regardless overall high risk of injections by OWASP Top 10 and OWASP API Security Top 10, code...

Wallarm at API World and KubeCon 2022 this week

This is a busy week for the whole Wallarm team as we are sponsoring two big conferences at the very same time. API World 2022 Wallarm will be at API World in San Jose starting today. Stop by booth 209 to chat with our apisecurity experts about everything APIs, and check out a demo of Wallarm WAAP...

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...

Wallarm NG WAF is ranked as a “High Performer” by G2, Spring 2021!

We are proud to announce that Wallarm NG WAF was ranked as a “High performer” by G2 in the Web Application Firewall category. This award from the G2 platform confirms that our solution is highly rated by current verified Wallarm WAF users, who left unbiased reviews and answers to WAF-related...

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...

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...

What is Protobuf?

The Introduction: Decrypting Protocol Buffers When navigating through the intricate world of data encoding and decoding mechanisms, Protocol Buffers, or widely known as Protobuf, have carved their position as a dynamic contender. The brainchild of Google, this binary blueprint aims for advanced...

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: Wrap Up

Over the past several months, we've taken a journey through the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list. In the previous 12 weekly posts, we've delved into each category, discussed what it is, how it's exploited, why it matters, and suggested effective protections for each. Now, as we conclude th...

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...