Are your APIs secure? An API security test from us finds critical flaws that automated tools miss, and we deliver your report in one week at a price startups can afford. This hacker-led approach finds the real business risks so you can fix them fast.

Why Your Scans Miss Critical API Flaws

Let's be direct. Your automated security tools are not enough to protect your APIs. They're great for catching basic issues, but they are blind to complex business logic flaws and authorization bypasses. This gap leaves your company wide open to attack.

APIs are the new front door for hackers. Scanners alone can't secure them because they can't find things like "shadow APIs". These are forgotten endpoints that developers create for testing but never shut down. Hackers love finding these.

This vulnerability puts you at risk of failing compliance audits for SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. A manual pentest by a certified expert is the only way to find what automation misses and protect your sensitive data.

Automation vs Manual API Pentesting

Automated scanners are useful, but they only scratch the surface. They can’t fully understand the context of your application the way a human can. An experienced pentester thinks like a real attacker and looks for creative ways to break security that automated tools were never built to catch.

Below is a simple comparison between automated scanners and our manual API pentesting approach. We focus on finding the high impact flaws that actually put systems at risk, not just generating long reports full of noise.

Automated scanners rarely identify business logic flaws because they cannot understand how an application is supposed to work. Manual testing focuses on abusing logic to bypass controls and access restricted data. Authorization bypass testing is also limited with scanners, since they only detect basic misconfigurations, while manual testing explores complex roles and permission paths.

Automated tools are poor at discovering shadow or zombie APIs, which are undocumented endpoints that were never shut down. Manual testing uses reconnaissance techniques to uncover all exposed APIs. Scanners also lack the ability to chain vulnerabilities together, assessing issues in isolation instead of as part of a real attack. This often leads to high false positives, which waste developer time and slow remediation.

Manual pentesting verifies every finding by hand, ensuring issues are real, exploitable, and worth fixing.

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Understanding OWASP API Security Top 10 Risks

Think of the OWASP API Security Top 10 as a most wanted list for API vulnerabilities. It highlights the most common ways attackers break into systems and abuse exposed APIs. This list is the foundation of any serious API security test and helps teams focus on what matters most.

Our certified pentesters hold industry certifications such as OSCP, CEH, and CREST. We use the OWASP API Security Top 10 as a starting point when performing penetration testing, especially when identifying flaws automated scanners often miss. This helps ensure testing reflects real world attack behavior.

One of the most critical risks on the list is Broken Object Level Authorization, also known as BOLA. This is one of the most common and damaging vulnerabilities we see during testing, and it remains a leading cause of major data breaches.

BOLA flaws are often shockingly easy to exploit. An attacker may change a user ID in an API request, such as from /api/users/123 to /api/users/456. If another user’s data is returned, authorization controls have failed. These issues are simple to overlook but extremely dangerous.

Understanding these risks is essential for any organization building APIs. Manual testing is often the only way to uncover access control flaws that automation cannot reliably detect.

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Our Fast And Affordable API Pentesting Process

You need an API security partner who is fast, thorough, and affordable. Our process is designed to deliver exactly that. We begin with a clear scoping phase to understand your application, architecture, and business logic so testing efforts are focused in the right areas.

Once scope is defined, our certified experts get to work. Our team includes OSCP, CEH, and CREST professionals who manually test APIs instead of relying on automated scans alone. We test for authentication bypasses, authorization failures, and sensitive data exposure just like a real attacker would.

Attackers rarely exploit a single issue on its own. We regularly see small flaws chained together into serious security incidents. Our testing process is built to uncover these attack paths before they are abused, finding the issues scanners consistently miss.

Our manual-first approach relentlessly probes for critical flaws like BOLA, weak authentication, and injection vulnerabilities. We use smart automation of API testing to handle repetitive work, which keeps our process fast and affordable for you.

The best part? We deliver your actionable, easy-to-understand report within one week. No confusing jargon, just clear steps your team can take to fix the issues we find.

How We Manually Find Your Hidden API Flaws

An effective API security test requires creative thinking. It involves trying to break systems in ways developers never expected. This is where our OSCP, CEH, and CREST certified pentesters really excel.

We start by digging into authorization controls. For example, we attempt to access sensitive admin functionality using a standard user account. It is surprising how often this simple test uncovers major security gaps that would otherwise go unnoticed.

We also perform injection testing by sending unexpected data through API endpoints to see if malicious commands can be executed. In addition, we use fuzzing techniques, which involves flooding endpoints with random or malformed data to uncover crashes and hidden vulnerabilities.

This hands on approach is what allows us to identify high impact risks that automated tools are blind to. By combining attacker thinking with proven testing techniques, we uncover the flaws that matter most.

Smart Tools That Keep Our Pentests Affordable

Our testing approach is manual first, but we rely on smart tools to stay efficient. This allows us to keep costs low without sacrificing quality. Using the right tools helps us move faster while maintaining deep coverage.

At the core of our API testing workflow is Burp Suite Professional. It allows us to intercept, inspect, and modify API traffic in real time. This is where human expertise really matters, as our testers craft custom attack scenarios that automated scanners cannot replicate.

This approach lets us analyze every API request and response in detail. By manually validating behavior, we find issues that tools alone would never catch. The combination of human skill and machine precision helps us deliver thorough results without long wait times.

We also use a focused set of supporting tools to handle repetitive tasks, freeing up our pentesters to concentrate on complex vulnerabilities. As APIs continue to handle the majority of web traffic, the importance of effective API security testing keeps growing.

Get Your Actionable Report In Just One Week

What good is a pentest report if it arrives too late or is difficult to use. Speed and clarity are two of our biggest advantages. After completing your API security test, you receive a clear and actionable report within one business week.

This is not an automated data dump. Every report is written by certified security professionals and reviewed for accuracy. We focus on making findings easy to understand so development teams can take action quickly.

Each issue clearly explains the vulnerability, its business impact, and the exact remediation steps required. We include screenshots and proof of concept steps to remove guesswork and speed up fixes.

Our goal is not just to deliver a report, but to help teams fix real security issues fast.

Common Questions About API Security Testing

Do you have questions about our fast and affordable API security tests? Good. Here are the most common ones we answer for clients every day. We believe in being transparent and direct.

What's included in an API security test?

Think of it as a full-scale, manual attack on your API by our certified ethical hackers. We are not just running a scanner. We go deep, looking for everything from the OWASP API Top 10 to tricky business logic flaws that automated tools always miss. You get a detailed report with clear steps on how to fix everything we find.

How long until I get my pentest report?

You will have the complete, easy-to-read pentest report in your hands within one business week after testing is complete. We know speed is critical for your development team. The sooner you get the findings, the sooner you can ship fixes and protect your customers.

Ready to secure your APIs without the high costs and long waits of traditional firms? Let's talk.

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