Top Open Source API Security Tools

The modern world relies on Application Programming Interfaces APIs. They allow applications to communicate with each other, servers, and consumers to facilitate data sharing and simplify application development. Without them, the internet would be unrecognizable. However, APIs also present a...

Top Tool Capabilities to Prevent AI-Powered Attacks

Recent advances in AI technologies have granted organizations and individuals alike unprecedented productivity, efficiency, and operational benefits. AI is, without question, the single most exciting emerging technology in the world. However, it also brings enormous risks. While the dystopian,...

Protecting Against Bot-Enabled API Abuse

APIs have become the backbone of modern digital ecosystems, powering everything from mobile apps to e-commerce platforms. However, as APIs grow in importance, they also become prime targets for malicious actors. Increasingly, bots are being weaponized to exploit vulnerabilities, overwhelm systems...

How Is API Abuse Different from Web Application Attacks by Bots?

API abuse and web application bot attacks are often confused. This is understandable, as both involve automated interactions and are usually executed by bots. Both attack vectors are prevalent; criminals are always eager to disrupt the foundations on which businesses base their operations to...

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...

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...

Context is King: Using API Sessions for Security Context

There’s no doubt that API security is a hot topic these days. The continued growth in API-related breaches and increase in publicized API vulnerabilities has pushed API security to the top of CISO’s lists. The tools in the market for API security still have room for improvement, of course. One of...

The Hidden Costs of API Breaches: Quantifying the Long-Term Business Impact

API attacks can be costly. Really costly. Obvious financial impacts like legal fines, stolen finances, and incident response budgets can run into the hundreds of millions. However, other hidden costs often compound the issue, especially if you’re not expecting them. This article will explore the...

AI-Powered APIs: Expanding Capabilities and Attack Surfaces

AI and APIs have a symbiotic relationship. APIs power AI by providing the necessary data and functionality, while AI enhances API security through advanced threat detection and automated responses. In 2023, 83% of Internet traffic traveled through APIs, but there was a 21% increase in API-related...

Attackers Abuse DocuSign API to Send Authentic-Looking Invoices At Scale

In a concerning trend, cybercriminals are leveraging DocuSign's APIs to send fake invoices that appear strikingly authentic. Unlike traditional phishing scams that rely on deceptively crafted emails and malicious links, these incidents use genuine DocuSign accounts and templates to impersonate...

How to Mitigate the Latest API Vulnerability in FortiManager

Overview of the FortiManager API Vulnerability Recently, a critical API vulnerability in FortiManager CVE-2024-47575 was disclosed. Certain threat actors exploited it in the wild to steal sensitive information containing configurations, IP addresses, and credentials used by managed devices. In...

Reducing False Positives in API Security: Advanced Techniques Using Machine Learning

False positives in API security are a serious problem, often resulting in wasted results and time, missing real threats, alert fatigue, and operational disruption. Fortunately, however, emerging technologies like machine learning ML can help organizations minimize false positives and streamline t...

How Security Edge Revolutionizes API Security

Wallarm’s Security Edge is setting a new standard in API security—far beyond the reach of traditional Content Delivery Networks CDNs. Let’s get it straight: Security Edge is not just a new addition to the API security market; it’s a disruption. Designed to deliver fast, effective, and advanced AP...

Beyond Passwords: Advanced API Authentication Strategies for Enhanced Security

Passwordless authentication for end users is taking the world by storm, offering organizations and individuals alike unprecedented security, user experience, and efficiency benefits. By all indications, the next generation of authentication for end users has finally arrived, sending the password...

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...

API Gateways and API Protection: What’s the Difference?

Modern businesses are increasingly reliant on APIs. They are the building blocks facilitating data exchange and communication between disparate systems. Because of their prevalence and importance, they are also under attack by actors exploiting vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. Unauthorized...

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...

Chicago API Security Summit 2024

Thank You Chicago! Earlier this week we had the pleasure of hosting a regional API Security Summit in Chicago well, actually in Lombard. These summits bring together the local cybersecurity community for half-day of API Security-focused content, including expert speakers and panelists. While this...

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,...

API Attack Surface: How to secure it and why it matters

Managing an organization’s attack surface is a complex problem involving asset discovery, vulnerability analysis, and continuous monitoring. There are multiple well-defined solutions to secure the attack surface, such as extended detection and response EDR or XDR, security information & event...

Evolution of Attack Surface Management

The Early Days: Basic Asset Management While it was not called ASM, the concept of managing attack surface management began with basic asset management practices in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Organizations focused on keeping an inventory of their digital assets, such as servers, desktops, an...

The Other Crowdstrike Outage

On July 19, 2024, a flawed update in CrowdStrike Falcon's channel file 291 led to a logic error that caused Windows systems to crash, resulting in widespread BSOD Blue Screen of Death incidents. The impact was severe, disrupting critical infrastructure globally, from grounded flights to halted...

Unveiling Top API Vulnerabilities and Emerging Trends: Introducing the Wallarm Q2 2024 API ThreatStats™ Report

As we move through 2024, the Wallarm Research Team continues to monitor the evolving API vulnerability and threat landscape. Our latest Q2 ThreatStats™ Report reveals critical trends and developments that are reshaping the security environment. Continuing from our Q1 findings, the surge in AI API...

Elasticidad de la nube

Descripción general de la elasticidad de la nube La flexibilidad es uno de los atributos cardinales de la informática en la nube, conocido formalmente como elasticidad de la nube. Este atributo es esencial en el campo de las tecnologías de la información, facilitando el ajuste fluido de los...

CIRCIA – Ley de notificación de incidentes cibernéticos para infraestructuras críticas

¿Qué es CIRCIA? CIRCIA, o Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act, es una propuesta de ley que busca fortalecer la seguridad cibernética en los Estados Unidos. Esta legislación tiene como objetivo principal proteger la infraestructura crítica del país, como las redes eléctricas,...

CISO: funciones y responsabilidades laborales 🛡️

Significado de CISO En el ámbito corporativo, CISO es un acrónimo ampliamente reconocido que denota a "Chief Information Security Officer", que se puede interpretar en español como el Encargado Principal de Salvaguardar la Información. Este encargo representa una posición esencial en el organigra...

340 secretos JWT débiles que debes revisar en tu código

¿Qué pasa con JWT? El token web JSON, usualmente identificado por sus siglas JWT, brinda un recurso eficaz para autenticar y habilitar el acceso en los programas web. No obstante, un uso inadecuado de esta herramienta puede resultar en serios fallos de seguridad. En este escrito, discutiremos los...

Definición de la tríada de la CIA. Ejemplos de confidencialidad, integridad y disponibilidad

Definición de la tríada de la CIA El Modelo AIC o la Triada AIC es una estrategia clave para abordar y coordinar las metodologías de resistencia cibernética. Este enfoque obedecer a tres conceptos clave: la Blindaje, Fidelidad y Accesibilidad. Cada uno de estos conceptos juega un papel determinan...

Falla en la lógica empresarial

¿Qué son las fallas de la lógica empresarial? Las fallas de lógica empresarial, también conocidas como defectos de lógica empresarial, son errores en el diseño de un sistema o proceso que permiten a los usuarios realizar acciones que no deberían ser posibles. Estos errores no son el resultado de ...

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...

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...

Ataque de puerta trasera

¿Qué es una puerta trasera? Un "Acceso Secreto" es una técnica que se utiliza para saltarse la autenticación usual en un sistema, producto o dispositivo. Muchas veces, los creadores de software hacen uso de estos accesos para entrar a programas o sistemas y llevar a cabo ajustes o actualizaciones...

Sistema Automático de Identificación de Huellas Dactilares – AFIS

Historia del sistema automatizado de identificación de huellas dactilares No cabe duda, el Mecanismo Computarizado de Detección de Marcas Dactilares, usualmente abreviado como AFIS, ha tenido un rol crucial en la intensificación de la seguridad y en la eficacia de los procedimientos judiciales...

Escalado automático

¿Qué es el escalamiento automático? El Auto-Scaling, o Escalado Dinámico, constituye una estrategia revolucionaria y efectiva para la ajustabilidad de los medios informáticos condicionada a las oscilaciones en las demandas presentes. Al garantizar la disponibilidad de los recursos informáticos...

How Can Deliberately Flawed APIs Help In Mastering API Security?

In our recent webinar recent webinar title 'A CISO’s Checklist for Securing APIs and Applications', we delved into the concept of creating an API security playground tailored for both developer and security teams. The core idea revolves around utilizing intentionally vulnerable APIs as training...

How Can Deliberately Flawed APIs Help In Mastering API Security?

In our recent webinar recent webinar title 'A CISO’s Checklist for Securing APIs and Applications', we delved into the concept of creating an API security playground tailored for both developer and security teams. The core idea revolves around utilizing intentionally vulnerable APIs as training...

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...

Polyfill.io Supply Chain Attack: Malicious JavaScript Injection Puts Over 100k Websites At Risk

Polyfill.io helps web developers achieve cross-browser compatibility by automatically managing necessary polyfills. By adding a script tag to their HTML, developers can ensure that features like JavaScript functions, HTML5 elements, and various APIs work across different browsers. Originally...

CVE-2024-6387: New OpenSSH RegreSSHion Vulnerability Gives Hackers Root Access on Linux Servers – 700,000+ Linux Boxes Potentially at Risk

Labeled as CVE-2024-6387, the recently discovered vulnerability in OpenSSH has become a serious cause for concern among Linux servers. OpenSSH is a collection of networking tools built on the Secure Shell SSH protocol. It is widely utilized to secure remote logins, manage and administer remote...

CVE-2024-5655: Latest GitLab API Vulnerability Threatens Customer Data Exposure

A security flaw that impacts specific versions of GitLab's Community and Enterprise Edition products was just detected. This vulnerability can be exploited to execute pipelines under any user's credentials. GitLab is a web-based DevOps platform offering tools for software development, version...

CVE-2024-36680: SQL Injection Vulnerability in Facebook’s PrestaShop Module Exposes Thousands of E-commerce Sites to Credit Card Fraud

SQL Injection Exposure in Promokit.eu Threatens Facebook's PrestaShop Customers PrestaShop is a free, open-source E-commerce platform launched in 2007. Built with PHP and MySQL, it offers customizable, scalable solutions for online stores. Features include product management, inventory tracking,...

CVE-2024-3080: ASUS warns Customers about the latest Authentication Bypass Vulnerability detected Across seven Router Models

ASUS announces major Firmware Update ASUS recently issued a firmware update to resolve a critical security vulnerability affecting seven different variants of its router models. Identified as CVE-2024-3080 with a CVSS v3 severity score of 9.8 critical, the vulnerability permits remote attackers t...

PCI DSS v4.0: What You Need to Know and What the End of v3.2.1 Means for the Future of Digital Payments

On March 31st, 2024, The Payments Card Industry Standards Security Council PCI SSC officially retired version 3.2.1 of the PCI Data Security Standard PCI DSS with the publication of its new sets of protocols and security standards for v4.0. With the continued rise in cyber threats against financi...

Zero-Day Marketplace Explained: How Zerodium, BugTraq, and Fear contributed to the Rise of the Zero-Day Vulnerability Black Market

Whenever a company is notified about or discovers a critical flaw in their system/application that has the potential to be exploited by malicious elements, it’s termed a vulnerability. However, every time a flaw being actively exploited is discovered, code red is punched as the organization’s IT...

CVE-2024-29849: Veeam discloses Critical Vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass user authentication on its Backup Enterprise Manager web interface

On May 21, 2024, Veeam revealed a severe flaw across its Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager VBEM web interface that enables an unauthenticated attacker to log into the web interface as any user. Officially designated as CVE-2024-29849, the vulnerability presents a major threat with a CVSS V3 rating ...

CVE-2024-24919: Check Point’s Quantum Gateway comes under Attack as Hackers exploit Zero-Day Vulnerability

Active Exploits target Check Point Security Gateway Zero-Day Information Disclosure flaw Check Point Cybersecurity has issued hotfixes to address a zero-day vulnerability in its VPNs that has been exploited to gain remote access to firewalls and potentially infiltrate corporate networks. On...

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...

Dell Data Breach: Personal Information of 49 Million Customers Compromised due to latest API Abuse

Dell recently issued a notice regarding a data breach that occurred on May 9, which has reportedly affected over 49 million customers across the globe. According to a report by BleepingComputer, Dell initiated the distribution of notifications cautioning its customers that their personally...

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...

Tracking CVE-2024-2876: Why does the latest WordPress exploit compromise over 90,000 websites?

A highly concerning security loophole was recently discovered in a WordPress plugin called "Email Subscribers by Icegram Express," a popular tool utilized by a vast network of over 90,000+ websites. Officially designated as CVE-2024-2876 with a CVSS score of 9.8 critical, the vulnerability...