By Linda Rosencrance

The application programming interface (API) has become integral to setting up functionality and flexibility. But they’re also potential attack vectors that need to be high on the security team’s radar.

 

By Rashmi Ramesh

Hackers hit the e-commerce industry with 14 billion attacks in 15 months, pushing it to the top of the list of targets for web application and API exploits, according to a new report by Akamai.