Highlights: Significant Increase in Attacks: In the first month of 2024, attempts to attack Web APIs impacted 1 in 4.6 organizations worldwide every week, marking a 20% increase compared to January 2023, highlighting the growing risk associated with API vulnerabilities. Industry-Wide Impact: Education leads as the most impacted sector, with most sectors having a double-digit surge in attacks from last year. Meanwhile, cloud-based organizational networks experience a 34% rise in attacks compared to the same period last year, and overtake on-prem organizational networks in the overall impact of API attacks, underscoring the evolving cloud threat landscape. Notable Vulnerabilities and Incidents: Exploits like the […]
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