{"id":355,"date":"2021-11-11T14:32:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimike.com\/?p=355"},"modified":"2022-12-12T22:00:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T22:00:23","slug":"api-attack-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimike.com\/api-attack-types","title":{"rendered":"8 API attack types"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
An API attack is abusive or manipulative usage or attempted usage of an API, commonly used to breach data or manipulate a commerce solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The growth of APIs (application programming interfaces) is more important than ever. It can lead to malicious traffic growth, consequently. According to Gartner<\/a> By 2022, API abuse will move from an infrequent to the most frequent attack vector, resulting in data breaches for enterprise web applications. It is extremely important to acquire a clear idea of these threats. We will dive into more technical terms in order to have a structured clear idea of the different API attack types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n