[ZOL Zhongguancun Online Original Interview] With the popularization of AI big model applications, the accelerated implementation of cloud-native architectures, and the reshaping of the digital skeleton of microservices, API interfaces have become the core hub connecting systems and data. However, this technological base is quietly evolving into the main battlefield for cyber attacks.
From account takeover, data leakage, to system paralysis and overreach of authority calls, API is no longer just a "transmission channel" in the eyes of programmers, but a "secret entrance" in the eyes of attackers.
Faced with this quietly escalating technology war, Akamai, a global edge security leader, released the "2025 Web Application and API Security Situation Sharing" report on the occasion of National Security Education Day, and the system presents a new round of API attack trends and response strategies led by AI.
Ma Jun, Technical Manager, Solutions, Akamai Greater China
Ma Jun, technical manager of Akamai's Greater China solution, pointed out that AI technology has widely penetrated all stages of the attack link, from target selection, attack tool generation, to high concurrent traffic suppression and refined bypass authorization mechanisms, which have significantly...
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