The API Threats That WAFs, Gateways, and SAST Miss
Credential stuffing runs look like valid login attempts. BOLA exploits use syntactically correct requests with valid auth tokens. Business-logic attacks follow your intended API flow — just in the wrong sequence or with manipulated parameters. No signature, rate limit, or schema validator can stop what looks correct. Hirefathom's behavioral graph detects these by watching how your API is actually used over time.
Credential Abuse
Credential stuffing, password spraying, and account enumeration attack your auth endpoints with valid-looking requests. The credential graph tracks cross-endpoint patterns and velocity spikes that rate limits miss.
Learn moreBusiness-Logic Attacks
BOLA, price manipulation, workflow bypass — attackers use your API exactly as designed. No WAF rule can flag correct-syntax requests with malicious intent. Sequence analysis catches them instead.
Learn moreTraffic Anomalies
Path harvesting, automated scraping, and subtle volume changes signal reconnaissance and early-stage attacks. Per-endpoint behavioral baselines make the unusual impossible to hide.
Learn moreOWASP API Top 10 — Where Hirefathom Covers and Where It Doesn't
| OWASP API Risk | Description | Hirefathom Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| API1: Broken Object Level Authorization | Accessing another user's objects by manipulating IDs | Covered |
| API2: Broken Authentication | Weak auth flows, credential stuffing, enumeration | Covered |
| API3: Broken Object Property Level Auth | Mass assignment, accessing hidden fields | Partial |
| API4: Unrestricted Resource Consumption | Rate abuse, scraping, batch request flooding | Covered |
| API5: Broken Function Level Authorization | Accessing admin functions as a standard user | Covered |
| API6: Unrestricted Access to Sensitive Flows | Bypassing OTP, payment flow manipulation | Covered |
| API7: Server Side Request Forgery | Forcing server-side requests to internal resources | Partial |
| API8: Security Misconfiguration | Exposed debug endpoints, verbose error messages | Partial |
| API9: Improper Inventory Management | Shadow APIs, deprecated endpoint access | Covered |
| API10: Unsafe Consumption of APIs | Trusting third-party API responses without validation | Partial |