Attacks on APIs demand a Security Re-Think

This article outlines the evolving API security landscape, highlighting drivers such as increased API usage, microservices, cloud adoption, DevOps, and regulation; describes risks including authentication/authorization failures, API abuse, bot-driven attacks, low-and-slow reconnaissance, and third-party dependency issues; and recommends mitigations like rate limiting, CAPTCHAs/challenges, behavior-based analysis, and integrating security into development and deployment processes.