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]]>eCyLabs API Security scanner leveraging OWASP Detection Logics and provides security testing for web application APIs. It helps to Detect flows to protect APIs from Man in the middle attacks. They enable access to sensitive software functions and data, so they are becoming a primary target for attackers. Companies use web APIs to connect web services and transfer data between applications. The applications will also interchange a high volume of valuable and sensitive information. The APIs that are broken, disclosed or hacked can reveal sensitive information like medical, financial or even personal data. When it approaches to verify the Web API security, you require proper strategies for the authentication and authorization.
APIs are vulnerable to attack. The impact of API security breaches goes with financial costs, legal battles, fines, and lost customers.
OWASP added the API Security Top 10 list that need to be addressed:
– Broken Object Level Authorization
– Broken Authentication
– Excessive Data Exposure
– Lack of Resources & Rate Limiting
– Mass Assignment
– Security misconfigurations
– Injection
– Improper Assets Management
– Insufficient Logging & Monitoring
API testing follows with below stages:
Using an API gateway: An API gateway allows you to keep track of all API calls and do the necessary monitoring to understand how the API utilization happens.
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