Issue 153: Rapid proliferation of APIs, WordPress API vulnerability, false-negative API scanning
Brief
This week, we have an article on how API proliferation is opening up security holes, another vulnerability in WordPress REST API , again through a third-party plugin. In addition, we look into the importance of false-negative API vulnerability scanning, and API protection as a key element of a cloud security strategy.
Article: Rapid proliferation of APIs opens up security holes
This week, we have a keynote speech from author and cyber entrepreneur Alissa Knight at the HackerOne Security@ virtual conference, in which she discusses how the rapid proliferation of APIs is opening up security holes.
Knight is an active API security researcher who believes that only now are we gaining a full insight into the risk that APIs expose as the industry collects more and more statistics around API security.