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If You’re Only Doing WAF, You’re Doing API Security Wrong

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Some organizations have begun using Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) to protect their APIs, but this isn’t a true solution to API security. An application programming interface (API) allows various computer programs to work together by sharing data. What do APIs do? Unfortunately, that’s already happened.

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The Mayhem for API Difference - A ZAP - Mayhem for API Scan Comparison

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ZAP is an open-source web application security scanner that can be used by both those new to application security as well as professional penetration testers. Create a user in the application and get a bearer token: curl --location --request POST "[link]. header 'Content-Type: application/json'.

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The Mayhem for API Difference - A ZAP - API Scan Comparison

ForAllSecure

ZAP is an open-source web application security scanner that can be used by both those new to application security as well as professional penetration testers. Create a user in the application and get a bearer token: curl --location --request POST "[link]. header 'Content-Type: application/json'.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

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I mean, it was open source, right? And how many other serious vulnerabilities like Heartbleed are lurking unknown in the applications we use everyday, in the websites we depend on, and in the devices we carry. And traditional application security tools like static analysis, they couldn’t find it. No shame in that.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

I mean, it was open source, right? And how many other serious vulnerabilities like Heartbleed are lurking unknown in the applications we use everyday, in the websites we depend on, and in the devices we carry. And traditional application security tools like static analysis, they couldn’t find it. No shame in that.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

I mean, it was open source, right? And how many other serious vulnerabilities like Heartbleed are lurking unknown in the applications we use everyday, in the websites we depend on, and in the devices we carry. And traditional application security tools like static analysis, they couldn’t find it. No shame in that.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

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In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. Calderon: Paulino Calderon, I'm a senior application security consultant with Websec.