Spotlight On Latest Web Application and API Attack Data
summary
Akamai reports enterprises average 1,061 web applications and observes record attack volumes — 161 million attempts in a single 24‑hour surge and 14 million daily server‑side attempts — with API traffic in the billions and a 2.5x overall growth (3.5x in financial services). Manufacturing shows 76% OT‑targeting incidents, common exploits include BOLA and broken token auth, real mitigation examples involve Maui Jim fixes, and Akamai plans API controls after acquiring Neo Sec highlighted in the SOTI report.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 10:05Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
- 12:15Open Source Vulnerabilities
- 13:44Manufacturing Industry Attacks
- 23:50JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
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