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State of Apps and API Security 2025: How AI Is Shifting the Digital Terrain
This infographic summarizes key findings from Akamai’s 2025 Apps and API Security Report, showing how artificial intelligence is reshaping both cyberattacks and defensive strategies. It highlights six AI-enabled attack techniques, including AI-powered malware, vulnerability scanning, prompt injection, sophisticated web scraping, Layer 7 DDoS attacks, and low-and-slow attacks. The report reveals a 33% increase in global web attacks, a 32% rise in OWASP API Security Top 10 incidents, a 30% increase in MITRE-related security alerts, and a 94% surge in Layer 7 DDoS attacks. It recommends adopting DevSecOps practices, API testing, adaptive security engines, AI-powered defenses, layered ransomware protection, and OWASP security guidance to reduce risk as organizations expand AI-powered applicati
