The number of API-targeted attacks rose significantly as they become a more attractive and reachable target, a new report from Imperva has said.
APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, are software intermediaries that allow two applications to essentially talk to each other. Some of the biggest benefits of APIs are seamless connectivity, improved user experience, and innovation. For years now, API traffic has been outgrowing human traffic and last year, the researchers said, API traffic constituted more than 71% of all web traffic. This has turned the attention of cybercriminals, who sought to abuse the trend for different purposes.
