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API sprawl - Researchers identified 1.7 million APIs in March alone-creating an uncharted network of 'shadow' and 'zombie' APIs that operate behind the scenes of many enterprise applications.

Attacks targeting JSON and XML content types accounted for 38% of the blocks observed, highlighting attackers' focus on APIs.

Edgio's own AI scoured through over 40,000 news articles from 2,000+ news sources and identified over 3,000 unique mentions of CVEs.

Operational Relay Box Networks, or ORB networks, are gaining traction among nation-state actors and amateur hackers alike.

The data from Q1 suggests attackers continue using residential network connections to conceal and conduct their attacks.

Edgio discovered over 1.3 million unique bots in Q1 2024 and increased blocking against bots operated by major companies like Google and Yandex.

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