api-security
Safeguard articles tagged "api-security" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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Webhooks Security: A Practical Checklist
Webhooks security is easy to get wrong because the endpoint has to trust an unauthenticated inbound request by default — here's the checklist that closes the common gaps.
Best DAST Tools in 2026: Web, API, and CI/CD Scanning Compared
An honest guide to the best DAST tools in 2026 — from OWASP ZAP and Burp Suite to Invicti, StackHawk, and Escape — with clear guidance on which fits web apps, APIs, and CI/CD-native pipelines, and where DAST stops and supply chain security begins.
OWASP API Security Top 10 risks explained
The OWASP API Security Top 10 ranks BOLA, broken auth, SSRF, and 7 more API risks behind breaches like Optus and T-Mobile — explained with real incidents.
SFMC API Security: How to Integrate Marketing Cloud Safely
A security-focused guide to the Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) API: OAuth scopes, token handling, least-privilege packages, and protecting subscriber data.
Rate Limiting Vulnerability: Why Missing Limits Are an OWASP Risk
A rate limiting vulnerability lets attackers hammer your endpoints unchecked, enabling brute force, credential stuffing, and resource exhaustion. Here is how to find and fix it.
API Security Posture Management, Explained
API security posture management inventories every API you actually have, then continuously checks it against the rules you meant to enforce.
How to secure a REST API
REST API breaches from T-Mobile to Optus trace to a handful of recurring mistakes. Here's how to fix authorization, auth, injection, and rate limiting.
Snyk DAST: What Snyk API & Web Offers for Dynamic Testing
A factual look at Snyk DAST — how Snyk API & Web fits dynamic application security testing into a developer-first platform, what it covers, and how to weigh it against alternatives.
BOLA: Broken Object Level Authorization, Explained
A bola vulnerability lets one authenticated user reach another user's data just by changing an ID in a request — no exploit code required, which is exactly why scanners miss it so often.
Zombie APIs: The Forgotten Endpoints That Put You at Risk
A zombie API is a forgotten, undocumented endpoint that still runs and still accepts traffic. Here is why they are dangerous and how to find and kill them.
OWASP 2019: The API Security Top 10 That Reshaped API Testing
The OWASP release everyone means by 2019 is the first API Security Top 10, which put authorization flaws — not injection — at the center of API risk.
CORS in Node.js: What It Is and How to Configure It Securely
CORS in Node.js trips up almost every developer at some point. Here is what CORS actually does, why you need it, and how to configure it without opening a hole.
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