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A collection of awesome API Security tools and resources.

Awesome Repositories

Name Description
awesome-security-apis A collective list of public JSON APIs for use in security

Tools

Name Description
Arjun HTTP parameter discovery suite
ffuf Fast web fuzzer written in Go
fuzzapi Fuzzapi is a tool used for REST API pentesting and uses API_Fuzzer gem
kiterunner Contextual Content Discovery Tool
MindAPI Organize your API security assessment by using MindAPI
Astra Automated Security Testing For REST API's
Automatic API Attack Tool Imperva's customizable API attack tool takes an API specification as an input, generates and runs attacks that are based on it as an output
APICheck The DevSecOps toolset for REST APIs
RESTler RESTler is the first stateful REST API fuzzing tool for automatically testing cloud services through their REST APIs and finding security and reliability bugs in these services
SoapUI SoapUI is a free and open-source cross-platform functional testing solution for APIs and web services

Cheatsheets

Name Description
REST Security Cheat Sheet REST Security - OWASP Cheat Sheet Series
REST Assessment Cheat Sheet REST Assessment - OWASP Cheat Sheet Series
OWASP API Security Top 10 42Crunch - OWASP API Security Top 10
GraphQL Cheat Sheet GraphQL - OWASP Cheat Sheet Series
Microservices Security Cheat Sheet Microservices - OWASP Security Cheat Sheet
JSON Web Token Security Cheat Sheet PentesterLab - JSON Web Token Security Cheat Sheet

Wiki's / Encyclopedias / GitBook's

Name Description
API Security Encyclopedia APIsecurity.io - API Security Encyclopedia
Web API Pentesting HackTricks - Web API Pentesting

Checklist

Author Name Description
Shieldfy API-Security-Checklist Checklist of the most important security countermeasures when designing, testing, and releasing your API
Inon Shkedy 31 days of API Security Tips This challenge is Inon Shkedy's 31 days API Security Tips.
APIOps Cycles API audit checklist API Audit checklist
HolyBugx another API Security checklist HolyTips: API security checklist

Training / Walkthrough / Labs

Name Description
Kontra - OWASP Top 10 for API Is a series of free interactive application security training modules that teach developers how to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities in their web API endpoints.
Pentesting Lab: vAPI vAPI is Vulnerable Adversely Programmed Interface, Self-Hostable PHP Interface that mimics OWASP API Top 10 scenarios in the means of Exercises.
ShipFast - Practical API Security Walkthrough Learn practical Mobile and API security techniques: API Key, Static and Dynamic HMAC, Dynamic Certificate Pinning, and Mobile App Attestation.

Enumeration / Scanning

Name Description
Burp enumeration Using Burp to Enumerate a REST API
ZAP scanning Scanning APIs with ZAP
w3af scanning Scan REST APIs with w3af

Fuzzing / SecLists

Name Description
Common API endpoints Wordlist for common API endpoints
List of API endpoints & objects A list of 3203 common API endpoints and objects designed for fuzzing.
List of Swagger endpoints Swagger endpoints
SecLists for API's web-content discovery It is a collection of web content discovery lists for APIs used during security assessments.
GraphQL SecList It's a GraphQL list used during security assessments, collected in one place.

API Keys validation

Name Description
Keyhacks Keyhacks is a repository which shows quick ways in which API keys leaked by a bug bounty program can be checked to see if they're valid.
Key-Checker Go scripts for checking API key / access token validity

Deliberately vulnerable APIs

Name Description
crAPI completely ridiculous API (crAPI)
VAmPI Vulnerable REST API with OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for APIs
dvws-node Damn Vulnerable Web Service is a vulnerable web service/API/application that we can use to learn webservices/API vulnerabilities.
DamnVulnerableMicroServices This is a vulnerable microservice written in many languages to demonstrating OWASP API Top Security Risk (under development)
Damn-Vulnerable-GraphQL-Application Damn Vulnerable GraphQL Application is intentionally vulnerable implementation of Facebook's GraphQL technology to learn and practice GraphQL Security.
Generic-University Vulnerable API with Laravel App

Presentations / Videos

Name Description
pentesting-rest-apis Pentesting Rest API's by Gaurang Bhatnagar
Securing your APIs "How Secure are you APIs?" - Securing your APIs: OWASP API Top 10 2019, Case Study and Demo
api-security-testing-for-hackers API Security Testing For Hackers
bad-api-hapi-hackers Bad API, hAPI Hackers!
disclosing-information-via-your-apis Hidden in Plain Site: Disclosing Information via Your APIs
rest-in-peace-abusing-graphql REST in Peace: Abusing GraphQL to Attack Underlying Infrastructure

Playlists

Name Description
Everything API Hacking A video collection from Katie Paxton-Fear, @InsiderPhD, and other people creating a playlist of API hacking knowledge!

Podcasts

Podcast Description
Hacking APIs The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking APIs
Hack Your API-Security Testing 21: Troy Hunt: Hack Your API-Security Testing
The OWASP API Security Project Erez Yalon — The OWASP API Security Project
Episode 38 API Security Best Practices We Hack Purple Podcast Episode 38 API Security Best Practices

Projects

Project Description
owasp api security project OWASP API Security Project - API Security Top 10

Newsletters

Newsletter Description
api security articles API Security Articles - The Latest API Security News, Vulnerabilities & Best Practices

Other useful resources

Name Description
How to design a REST API How to design a REST API? - Full guide tackling security, pagination, filtering, versioning, partial answers, CORS, etc.
Awesome REST A collaborative list of great resources about RESTful API architecture, development, test, and performance. Feel free to contribute to this ongoing list.
API Key Leaks: Tools and exploits An API key is a unique identifier that is used to authenticate requests associated with your project. Some developers might hardcode them or leave it on public shares.
API Security Guide API Security: The Definitive Guide
API Penetration Testing API Penetration Testing with OWASP 2017 Test Cases
How to Hack an API and Get Away with It API Security Testing How to Hack an API and Get Away with It (Part 1 of 3)
GraphQL penetration testing How to exploit GraphQL endpoint: introspection, query, mutations & tools
SOAP Security Vulnerabilities and Prevention SOAP Security: Top Vulnerabilities and How to Prevent Them
API and microservice security A guide from PortSwigger: What are API and microservice security?
Strengthening Your API Security Posture Strengthening Your API Security Posture Ford Motor Company
The Fault in Our Stars Security Implications of AWS API Gateway Lambda Authorizers and IAM Wildcard Expansion