API Security stories
Rising data volumes and AI are forcing Australian firms to cut storage waste, tighten governance and test backups before breaches hit.
Organisations across the region are facing mounting disruption as attack volumes jump 36% year on year, with APIs a growing weak spot.
As AI moves into production, enterprises face gaps between data governance and runtime controls that can expose sensitive information and policy breaches.
Many enterprises still cannot prove they can restore data quickly enough as cloud, container and AI systems outpace traditional backup plans.
Enterprises racing to deploy AI tools are risking sensitive data leaks unless security moves from discovery to runtime protection, F5 and Forcepoint say.
Security teams gain a forensic trail and workflow hub as Vorlon adds incident response tools for AI agents across SaaS apps and APIs.
Nearly all surveyed CISOs said they faced SaaS or AI security incidents in 2025, even as most rated their controls as strong.
The two-hour glitch exposed company and user data to unauthorised staff, fuelling calls for tighter controls over autonomous agents.
Kong hires veteran finance chief Bruce Felt, whose record of steering three software groups to IPOs bolsters its expansion in API and AI tools.
BeyondTrust warns a surge of unsupervised AI agents is creating a hidden “shadow workforce” with admin-level access inside enterprises.
ExtraHop unveils an AI network visibility tool to track agents, expose shadow AI and tighten security and governance across enterprise systems.
Check Point has launched a multi-layer AI Factory Security Blueprint to harden rapidly expanding private AI data centres from edge to GPU core.
Security flaws in 17 AI companion apps used by 150m people could expose intimate chats, photos and voice messages to attackers.
Cobalt weaves AI into its pentesting platform, automating recon and triage while keeping human experts on complex attack paths.
Versa teams with Intel on AI at the edge, debuts a secure enterprise browser and launches inbound SSE to protect internet-facing apps.
Cobalt launches Security Program Manager service to run enterprise pentesting, align tests with business goals and speed up remediation.
HackerOne launches live Agentic Prompt Injection Testing to expose real-world AI exploit paths as prompt injection threats surge 540%.
Netacea has unveiled Trust Layer, a server-side tool to classify and control surging AI agent and bot traffic before it hits apps.
Wallarm names Shayne Higdon chief executive in leadership reshuffle as it pivots from pure API protection to securing wider AI-driven risks.
Menlo launches a browser-based platform to govern human users and AI agents with unified security controls as machine traffic surges.