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What are the key security threats to APIs, and how do they work?
Over 60% of companies have more than 400 APIs, and APIs make up more than 80% of web traffic. Translation: APIs are a giant gateway for attacks on web-enabled apps. But it’s not just the size of this gateway that’s concerning — it’s APIs’ increasing vulnerability.
While skilled developers use APIs, so do non-technical businesspeople; that’s fueled the rise of API use, which further attracts attackers.
As for the techniques adversaries use to abuse APIs, it’s common to see:
- Exploitation and fraud, where bots create fake accounts, spam, and more.
- Denial-of-service attacks, where high-volume requests render APIs unavailable to legitimate users.
- Brute-force attacks, where bots overwhelm APIs to guess passwords, access tokens, and other credentials to gain access to backend systems.
- Scraping, where bots collect sensitive information such as customer information, financial data, and intellectual property
There are more threats, like shadow and zombie APIs, and volumetric attacks without rate limiting that target e-commerce APIs (No. 4 in OWASP’s API Security Top 10). In fact, there are so many that Forrester has advised CISOs to focus on API technology and bot management as dual priorities for 2023.
Over 60% of companies have more than 400 APIs, and APIs make up more than 80% of web traffic. Translation: APIs are a giant gateway for attacks on web-enabled apps. But it’s not just the size of this gateway that’s concerning — it’s APIs’ increasing vulnerability.
While skilled developers use APIs, so do non-technical businesspeople; that’s fueled the rise of API use, which further attracts attackers.
As for the techniques adversaries use to abuse APIs, it’s common to see:
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APIs account for 90% of the attack surface for all web-enabled apps.
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APIs account for 90% of the attack surface for all web-enabled apps.
Over 60% of companies have more than 400 APIs, and APIs make up more than 80% of web traffic. Translation: APIs are a giant gateway for attacks on web-enabled apps. But it’s not just the size of this gateway that’s concerning — it’s APIs’ increasing vulnerability.
While skilled developers use APIs, so do non-technical businesspeople; that’s fueled the rise of API use, which further attracts attackers.
What’s the impact on your business?
From your revenue to your customer experience to your very brand itself, API threats sport a range of harmful effects, including:
- Exploitation and fraud, where bots create fake accounts, spam, and more.
- Denial-of-service attacks, where high-volume requests render APIs unavailable to legitimate users.
- Brute-force attacks, where bots overwhelm APIs to guess passwords, access tokens, and other credentials to gain access to backend systems.
- Scraping, where bots collect sensitive information such as customer information, financial data, and intellectual property
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APIs account for 90% of the attack surface for all web-enabled apps.
Why is Kasada an effective alternative?
Here’s why traditional bot management vendors are failing: They allow bots to enter your infrastructure before they are able to block them, allowing for a window of opportunity to conduct their attacks.
Hyatt’s digital platforms are the first touchpoint. Companies that pride themselves on customer experience have to be looking for the best technical solutions on the market — and that is what we found in Kasada.”
In addition, they rely on a first-generation technique known as “fingerprinting.” This is an attempt to construct an identifier (aka, a “fingerprint”) by collecting unique identifying data, and it’s got two major flaws:
Exploitation and fraud
Where bots create fake accounts, spam, and more.
Denial-of-service attacks
where high-volume requests render APIs unavailable to legitimate users.
Brute-force attacks
Where bots create fake accounts, spam, and more.
In addition, they rely on a first-generation technique known as “fingerprinting.” This is an attempt to construct an identifier (aka, a “fingerprint”) by collecting unique identifying data, and it’s got two major flaws:
