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APIs are increasingly a favorite target for hackers seeking to compromise cloud environments with malware such as cryptojacking and ransomware.

42Crunch and Cisco are addressing these threats by advocating a “shift-left” approach to API security and discovery that empowers developers to code protection into the API build process.

Although cloud environments offer enterprises many security benefits, new vulnerabilities continue to arise that offer attackers fresh avenues into cloud-based environments. One such attack path is the API. Every connected mobile, modern web, or cloud-hosted application uses and exposes APIs. These APIs enable access to data and to call application functionality. While they are relatively easy to expose, they are difficult to document and defend
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