API abuse extends beyond traditional security vulnerabilities to include: data scraping (extracting your data at scale through API calls), automated fraud (exploiting business logic through API automation), competitive intelligence gathering, resource exhaustion through legitimate-looking requests, and automated account creation. Testing evaluates: rate limiting granularity, bot detection effectiveness, behavioral analysis capabilities, geographic and device fingerprinting, CAPTCHA integration points, and whether business logic can be exploited through API automation that's technically valid but commercially damaging.
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API Abuse Prevention: Testing Controls Against Scraping, Fraud, and Automated Attacks — 中国企业指南
APIs face abuse beyond traditional vulnerabilities — scraping, fraud, and automated exploitation. Testing your abuse prevention controls. Guidance for ZH market.