Cybersecurity statistics / API Attacks
| Publisher | 2026 SOTI Security report Convergence crisis: AI attacks move from web apps to APIs to DDoS |
| Report | Akamai |
| Published | 17 March 2026 |
| Topics | API Attacks |
Published by 2026 SOTI Security report Convergence crisis: AI attacks move from web apps to APIs to DDoS in Akamai, 17 March 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.
| 18% of boards and executive teams are extremely confident in their ability to detect API attacks leveraging Generative AI Salt Security, 27/05/2026 |
| 87% of surveyed organizations reported experiencing an API-related security incident in 2025. 2026 SOTI Security report Convergence crisis: AI attacks move from web apps to APIs to DDoS, 27/05/2026 |
| 99% of API attack attempts originate from authenticated sources Salt Security, 27/05/2026 |
| API attacks increased by 41% due to the rise of agentic AI relying heavily on APIs. Palo Alto Networks, 01/01/2026 |
| Layer 7 DDoS attacks surged 104% over the past two years. 2026 SOTI Security report Convergence crisis: AI attacks move from web apps to APIs to DDoS, 27/05/2026 |
| Web application attacks rose sharply, climbing 73% between 2023 and 2025. 2026 SOTI Security report Convergence crisis: AI attacks move from web apps to APIs to DDoS, 27/05/2026 |
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