Implementing API authentication is one of the most critical stages of API design and development. Properly implemented authentication protects data, user privacy, and other resources while streamlining compliance, preventing fraud, and establishing accountability. In fact, broken authentication is one of the leading causes of API-related breaches. Ultimately, by applying robust authentication mechanisms, organizations can dramatically…
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Unsafe Deserialization Attacks Surge | December Attack Data | Contrast Security
Attacks on individual applications were down month to month in December 2024, but one of the most dangerous types of attacks was up significantly. That’s according to data Contrast Security publishes monthly about the detection and response of real-world application and application programming interface (API) attacks with Application Detection and Response (ADR). What you’re about…
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Challenges and Solutions in API Security
Are Organizations Fully Grasping the Importance of API Security? It is surprising how often businesses underestimate the importance of Application Programming Interface (API) security while navigating the digital landscape. This concern arises due to the significant rise in API-centric applications. While APIs offer countless benefits, they also pose substantial cybersecurity challenges. So, how well are…
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Exabeam Extends Scope and Reach of SIEM Platform
Exabeam today added a bevy of capabilities to its New-Scale Security Operations Platform, including support for open application programming interface (API) and an ability to search data stored in the LogRhythm security information event management (SIEM) platform it acquired last year. The post Exabeam Extends Scope and Reach of SIEM Platform appeared first on Security…
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Imperva’s Wildest 2025 AppSec Predictions
Humans are spectacularly bad at predicting the future. Which is why, when someone appears to be able to do it on a regular basis, they are hailed as visionaries, luminaries and celebrated with cool names like Nostradamus and The Amazing Kreskin. Nostradamus made his fame on predictions about the distant future, but that technique has…
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Innovation in API Security: What’s New
So, What’s the Deal with Recent API Security Innovations? As companies across the spectrum of industries including finance, healthcare, travel, and more intensify their adoption of digital technologies, there’s an undeniable need for robust security measures to protect their assets in the cloud. More than ever, Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets Security Management are emerging…
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CrowdStrike Allies With Salt Security to Improve API Security
CrowdStrike and Salt Security have extended their alliance to make it simpler to feed application programming interface (API) security data directly into a security information event management (SIEM) platform. The post CrowdStrike Allies With Salt Security to Improve API Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Attackers Can Find New APIs in 29 Seconds: Wallarm
Cybersecurity vendor Wallarm, using a honeypot, found that hackers can discover new APIs in 29 seconds and that APIs are now more targeted than web applications, highlighting the need to put a security focus on the increasingly popular business tools. The post Attackers Can Find New APIs in 29 Seconds: Wallarm appeared first on Security…