Strengthening API Security for an Autonomous FinTech Platform

RealTime Cyber partnered with a prominent FinTech company to conduct a penetration test of their Techocore API endpoints. This engagement focused on evaluating the security posture of the organization’s internet-facing APIs, ensuring they were robust against modern threats.

Scope of Work

• API Penetration Testing: Assessed API endpoints for vulnerabilities using our favorite tools.
• Endpoint Discovery: Leveraged tools to enumerate endpoints, uncovering routes with limited access.
• Dynamic Testing: Conducted Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) scans to evaluate API behavior and response security under various scenarios.

Outcome

While the assessment confirmed that the API endpoints demonstrated a robust security foundation, we found strategic areas for improvement to limit potential attacks such as  implementing rate limiting to further safeguard the infrastructure against potential abuse, such as endpoint fuzzing or Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

This result highlights the organization’s strong commitment to security and provides actionable guidance to enhance resilience further. By proactively addressing even low-severity issues, RealTime Cyber helped the client solidify their API’s defenses and maintain trust in a highly competitive FinTech landscape.