jonaskriks / awesome-api-security

A collection of awesome API Security tools and resources.

awesome-apisec

A collection of awesome API Security tools and resources.

Awesome Repositories

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

Tools

Repository	Description
Arjun	HTTP parameter discovery suite
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

Cheatsheets

Website	Description
owasp-api-security-top-10	OWASP API Security Top 10

Wiki's / Encyclopedias

Website	Description
API Security Encyclopedia	APIsecurity.io - API Security Encyclopedia

Checklist

Repository	Description
API-Security-Checklist	Checklist of the most important security countermeasures when designing, testing, and releasing your API

Training / Labs

Website	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 which is Self-Hostable PHP Interface that mimics OWASP API Top 10 scenarios in the means of Exercises.

Presentations / Videos

Website	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

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 repositories

Website	Description
31-days-of-API-Security-Tips	This challenge is Inon Shkedy's 31 days API Security Tips.
Awesome REST	A collaborative list of great resources about RESTful API architecture, development, test, and performance. Feel free to contribute to this on-going list.
How to design a REST API	How to design a REST API? - Full guide tackling security, pagination, filtering, versioning, partial answers, CORS, etc.
API Penetration Testing	API Penetration Testing with OWASP 2017 Test Cases
api-security-testing-how-to-hack	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