What did we learn from pentesting 1,000+ companies’ APIs?
An intern once spun up 50+ APIs “just for testing.” No docs, no tracking, nothing.
Turns out, this wasn’t a one-off. Across 1,000+ companies Astra's team had pentested, the same thing kept showing up: API sprawl everywhere.
Shadow APIs, zombie endpoints, undocumented services means huge attack surface, almost zero visibility.
That’s why they built Astra API Security Platform.
What it does:
- Auto-discovers APIs via live traffic
- Runs 15,000+ DAST test cases
- Detects shadow, zombie, and orphan APIs
- AI-powered logic testing for real-world risks
- Works with REST, GraphQL, internal and mobile APIs
- Integrates with AWS, GCP, Azure, Postman, Burp, Nginx
APIs are the #1 starting point for breaches today. They wanted something API-first, not a generic scanner duct-taped onto the problem.
In case you want to give it a try, please find it here >> https://www.producthunt.com/posts/astra-api-security-platform
What’s the weirdest API-related security incident you’ve seen?
very smart idea
Hi Rohan! Would love for you to test our SaaS platform, Bearconnect.io. Should I schedule a demo call via your website?
Fascinating insights Rohan..
Really interesting write-up, Rohan. I’m curious about the real-world side of this, especially from folks here who’ve actually been burned by API security issues.
A couple of questions to get the conversation going:
Have you ever found out after the fact that your team had zombie/shadow APIs still exposed? How did you discover them?
What kind of API issue caused the biggest headache, auth misconfig, over-permissive endpoints, or something more obscure?
If you had proper API security visibility back then, what would it have needed to show you for you to take it seriously?
Not trying to sell anything here, just want to hear some war stories from builders who’ve had to clean up API messes. Always feels like this is one of those “it won’t happen to us… until it does” problems.
What’s the strangest or most costly API incident you’ve run into in your own projects?
Cool product, but what was it you learned? The title seems a bit disconnected from the content.
👀 Im trying to connect APIs and this is definitely helpful! Considering i have no coding background, so im using AI.
Wow, this really highlights how chaotic API management can get at scale. Shadow and zombie APIs are such a hidden risk most teams probably don’t even realize how many endpoints are live until it’s too late.
I love that Astra focuses on AI-powered logic testing for real-world risks rather than just surface scanning. Curious how much of the discovery is fully automated vs. needing manual configuration?
Congratulations