Why API Threat Intelligence Matters
Most API security tools detect vulnerabilities —but they don’t tell you which endpoints attackers actively target. Modern attackers:
Scan for known exploitable routes
Target outdated frameworks and tech stacks
Attack APIs exposing sensitive data patterns
Prefer weakly authenticated or undocumented endpoints
How Snapsec Applies Threat Intelligence
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Fingerprint API Endpoints
Snapsec analyzes technologies, paths, parameters, auth patterns, and data exposure signals.
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Match With Global Threat Feeds
Endpoint patterns are compared against known exploits, CVEs, CWE mappings, attacker TTPs, and API-specific IoCs.
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Assign Intelligence-Based Risk
Endpoints receive dynamic risk levels based on exploitability, exposure, tech stack age, and attacker behavior.
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Highlight High-Risk Surfaces
Snapsec flags endpoints likely to be targeted — sensitive object APIs, unprotected routes, legacy paths, and more.
What Problems This Solves
Blind Spot Reduction
Know which endpoints attackers focus on — not just which ones have vulnerabilities.
Real-World Prioritization
Fix issues that align with active exploit trends and threat actor behavior.
Exposed Attack Paths
Understand how vulnerabilities map to business-critical API flows.
Key Benefits
Threat-Aware Risk Scores
Endpoints get risk boosted based on exploitability and threat feed data.
Smarter Prioritization
High-risk APIs surface immediately for investigation and testing.
Faster Mitigation
Security teams focus efforts where attackers are most likely to strike.
Better Engineering Alignment
Developers understand which API surfaces represent true attack vectors.
Example Intelligence-Driven Findings
Endpoint matches pattern of a known exploit chain used against similar fintech APIs.
Legacy route leaking stack traces during threat-intel-based probing.
Sensitive object endpoint exposed without authentication — high attacker interest.
API using outdated framework version targeted in active CVE campaigns.
What Happens After Intelligence Mapping
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Update Endpoint Risk
Snapsec boosts risk dynamically based on real-world threat likelihood.
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Trigger Focused Testing
High-risk endpoints are automatically added to fuzzing, auth testing, and misconfiguration checks.
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Feed Into Reporting & Dashboards
Leadership and engineering get visibility into high-risk surfaces.
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Monitor Continuously
New intelligence is applied instantly as threat landscapes evolve.
Next Steps
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