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Case Study: How Thinkific has achieved enterprise-grade GraphQL security with Escape

Thinkific, a leading platform for creating and selling online courses, stands out for its commitment to flexibility and innovation. This dedication to innovative technologies led them to embrace GraphQL APIs as the center of their federated architecture. This system would aim to consolidate multiple existing APIs under one branch. However,

Web3 Security

Top 5 Web3 security breaches: A deep dive into DApp frontend and API vulnerabilities

The world is gearing more into a phase of individual ownership of data and digital assets without external interference. This metamorphosis of the web is commonly called Web3. It combines frontend technology, smart contracts, and other components of backend technology, such as indexing, querying, and database management. Smart contracts, a

Web3 Security

GraphQL security for decentralized applications (DApps): challenges and best practices

Apart from the issue of poor user experience, security is one of the greatest setbacks to global Web3. Blackhats are constantly exploiting Web3 applications to siphon funds. On the 2nd of July, 2023, Poly Network lost about $5 million to a hack. Atomic Wallet lost over $100 million to a

Announcement

Escape raises $3.9 million in seed to secure APIs at every development stage

Official Press release * Six months after releasing its API security platform, Escape has already secured the applications of 1000+ organizations worldwide and just graduated from Y Combinator. * The funding will allow the company to hire new team members covering European and US-based customers, aiming to double the team’s size

Research

The State of Public APIs 2023

tl;dr we scanned 6056+ public APIs on the internet with our in-house feedback driven exploration tech and ranked them using security, performance, reliability, and design criteria. We decided to analyze the resulting data and produce a full featured report: The State of Public APIs 2023 Why build this report?

Startup Security

Demeter's Hymn to Cybersecurity: Consequences of Cyberattacks on Scale-Ups

How many entrepreneurs feel a filial connection with their business, such as Demeter’s passion for Persephone? If Hades abducted Persephone on his golden chariot drawn by immortal horses, the infants of start-up founders are threatened by a more nebulous danger: cyberattacks.