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Damn Vulnerable RESTaurant is an open-source project that allows developers to learn to identify and fix security vulnerabilities in their code through an interactive game. “I wanted to create a generic playground for ethical hackers, developers,… Continue reading Damn Vulnerable RESTaurant: Open-source API service designed for learning
Despite the critical role of APIs, the vast majority of commercial decision-makers are ignoring the burgeoning security risk for businesses, according to Fastly. Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have long been recognised as a bedrock of the di… Continue reading 95% of companies face API security problems
A total of 29% of web attacks targeted APIs over 12 months (January through December 2023), indicating that APIs are a focus area for cybercriminals, according to Akamai. API integration amplifies risk exposure for enterprises APIs are at the heart of … Continue reading API environments becoming hotspots for exploitation
API integrations often handle sensitive data, such as employees’ personally identifiable information (PII), companies’ financial information, or even clients’ payment card data. Keeping this data safe from attackers—while ensuring that the integrations… Continue reading 5 ways to keep API integrations secure
As development environments grow more complex, applications increasingly communicate with many external services. When a software development project communicates with an external service, it utilizes a token or “secret” for authentication…. Continue reading Using AI to reduce false positives in secrets scanners
In 2024, API requests accounted for 57% of dynamic internet traffic around the globe, according to the Cloudflare 2024 API Security & Management Report, confirming that APIs are a crucial component of modern software development. But with their in… Continue reading The importance of a good API security strategy
A publicly exposed API of social media platform Spoutible may have allowed threat actors to scrape information that can be used to hijack user accounts. The problem with the Spoutible API Security consultant Troy Hunt has been tipped off about the API … Continue reading Spoutible API exposed encrypted password reset tokens, 2FA secrets of users
Escape’s security research team scanned 189.5 million URLs and found more than 18,000 exposed API secrets. 41% of exposed secrets were highly critical, i.e. could lead to financial risks for the organizations. Exposed API secrets The exposed secrets in… Continue reading Researchers discover exposed API secrets, impacting major tech tokens
APIs, a technology that underpins today’s most used sites and apps, are being leveraged by businesses more than ever—ultimately opening the door to more online threats than seen before, according to Cloudflare. APIs power the digital world—our phones, … Continue reading APIs are increasingly becoming attractive targets
As large language models (LLMs) become more prevalent, a comprehensive understanding of the LLM threat landscape remains elusive. But this uncertainty doesn’t mean progress should grind to a halt: Exploring AI is essential to staying competitive, meani… Continue reading Top LLM vulnerabilities and how to mitigate the associated risk