"API Attacks Increase During Lockdown"

The Calfornia-based cybersecurity software company Cequence has published new threat research that reveals a recent surge in the targeting of API endpoints in cyberattacks during the COVID-19 lockdown. Cequence researchers observed an increase in malicious traffic by 40%, with 28 million events generated by several campaigns in the week of April 17. The volume of attacks has continued to grow since then. One of the more significant campaigns targeted a login API endpoint for the Android application. According to researchers, this particular API was highly targeted because an attack was successful at that endpoint. Attackers may have also assumed that the API endpoint is old and poorly monitored. This article continues to discuss the observed rise in malicious traffic and the significant growth in API attacks during the lockdown, as well as the importance of effectively separating malicious traffic from legitimate traffic as the use of residential IP addresses increases during the pandemic. 

Infosecurity Magazine reports "API Attacks Increase During Lockdown"