Module 14 · API DDoS & Bot Mitigation

Manish Garg
Manish Garg Associate of (ISC)² · RingSafe
Apr 27, 2026
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Last updated: April 29, 2026

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Why this module. APIs are bot magnets. Credential stuffing against /login, scraping of /products, account creation abuse, comment spam. Volumetric DDoS is solved at the edge; L7 abuse is a per-API battle.

Why this module. APIs are bot magnets. Credential stuffing against /login, scraping of /products, account creation abuse, comment spam. Volumetric DDoS is solved at the edge; L7 abuse is a per-API battle.

Bot patterns by endpoint

  • /login — credential stuffing, brute force
  • /signup — fake account creation for fraud / spam
  • /api/search — scraping / SEO attacks
  • /api/products — competitor scraping, price crawling
  • /api/checkout — gift-card cracking, CVV cracking
  • /forgot-password — account-existence enumeration
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