 Hello everyone, I'm Lisa Martin coming to you from the SiliconANGLE News Desk powered by theCUBE. Today, a new report by Sequence Security, Inc. highlights a growing threat in API security. Here are the key findings. Sequence Security's report reveals a staggering 900% spike in shadow APIs, indicating a lack of API visibility and heightened security risks. During the second half of 2022, around 45 billion search attempts for shadow APIs were recorded with 68% of organizations exposed. As the holiday season approached, unique threats surged by 550%, reaching 11,000 by mid-November 2022. Attackers are now combining API and web application security tactics, including a 220% increase in API security tactics. The telecom industry is a primary target experiencing entirely new tactics and techniques. This demonstrates the diverse, sophisticated and persistent nature of these threats. The report emphasizes the need for constant vigilance in protecting APIs and web applications from automated threats and vulnerability exploits. Traditional protection techniques are proving inadequate against the evolving tactics of attackers. Sequence Chief Executive Amaya Talwalkar stressed the importance of understanding the latest attack methods and tools to achieve complete API visibility and effectively protect against even the most sophisticated attacks. From the SiliconANGLE News Desk powered by theCUBE, I'm Lisa Martin. That's all for now. Thank you for joining us.