HackingAPIsWithDami

API Security Training Platform | Teaching developers & security teams how to break and defend APIs| Breaking APIs so you can secure them

[Maryb @MaryCybSec]

Just completed the 14-week @HackingAPIWDami program. We covered:
# REST API pen testing & OWASP API Top 10: Not just theory, actual hands-on labs exploiting the vulnerabilities that break real production APIs every day.

# Auth attacks: OAuth 2.0, JWT, and API keys.

[Maryb @MaryCybSec]

# DevSecOps: shifting security left into CI/CD pipelines, automated scanning, and compliance for APIs.

I'm really grateful to HAWD for building a program this thorough. API security finally clicked for me here and that's not something I say lightly.

#APISec @HackingAPIWDami

[Kwesi Larry 🦅 @0xWizard_]

A special thanks to @ce3nerd and @HackingAPIWDami for the intensive 12-week program.

[Kwesi Larry 🦅 @0xWizard_]

Last week of #HackingAPIsWithDami and the GraphQL sessions .

I decided to put everything I’ve learned into practice on the GraphQL Bookstore by @Dghost_Ninja and documented the full breakdown here:

https://t.co/2kIBObkppg.

[Chisom @_chisom001]

Still on the vulnerable bank, I have written in detail about the rate limiting and brute force, you can check it out here 👇

https://t.co/Y1MBqxeApH

#APISecurity #CyberSecurity #hackingapiswithdami

@HackingAPIWDami @commando_skiipz

[Chisom @_chisom001]

Practical learning > theory. Full breakdown

https://t.co/KLd1t0FWsk #APISecurity #CyberSecurity #HAWD
@commando_skiipz

@HackingAPIWDami

[Maryb @MaryCybSec]

AI is powerful but without proper security controls, it's a wide open door beckoning attackers.

Huge learning experience for me.
@HackingAPIWDami

[HackingAPIsWithDami @HackingAPIWDami]

AI/LLM Hacking Project results are out.

1st: Group 2 — 35
2nd: Group 4 — 34.5
3rd: Group 5 — 34
Good work from everyone involved.

Huge thanks to our judges @Tech_Toria
@Nerdy_genii for the time, feedback, and thoughtful evaluation.
#cybersecurity #aihacking #aisecurity

[HackingAPIsWithDami @HackingAPIWDami]

AI/LLM Hacking Project results are out.

1st: Group 2 — 35
2nd: Group 4 — 34.5
3rd: Group 5 — 34
Good work from everyone involved.

Huge thanks to our judges @Tech_Toria
@Nerdy_genii for the time, feedback, and thoughtful evaluation.
#cybersecurity #aihacking #aisecurity

[HackingAPIsWithDami @HackingAPIWDami]

Something solid is going down today

AI / LLM Hacking Project Presentation by HAWD participants.

Saturday April 25th 2026
12PM (WAT)

Real work
Real vulnerabilities
Real impact

If you care about AI security this is one to be in

#AI #CyberSecurity #LLMSecurity

[HackingAPIsWithDami @HackingAPIWDami]

Something solid is going down today

AI / LLM Hacking Project Presentation by HAWD participants.

Saturday April 25th 2026
12PM (WAT)

Real work
Real vulnerabilities
Real impact

If you care about AI security this is one to be in

#AI #CyberSecurity #LLMSecurity

[HackingAPIsWithDami @HackingAPIWDami]

@AnmolSecSavvy @BoLatanX You can’t join now till next cohort application opens.

[HackingAPIsWithDami @HackingAPIWDami]

We are excited to announce a new trainer at HAWD

Meet Abidakun Samuel @BoLatanX a security researcher at HackerOne & Apple

Leading our GraphQL track from basics to real world exploitation.

Learn. Query. Exploit.

#Hackingapiswithdami #GraphQL #APISecurity

[HackingAPIsWithDami @HackingAPIWDami]

@AnmolSecSavvy @BoLatanX This is for those in the current cohort

[cybernerd🤖 @ce3nerd]

I’m super excited about this, HAWD students are so lucky that we are able to get this man onboard for them!!

[Maryb @MaryCybSec]

AI amplifies your API's power. It also amplifies the risk. Security has to keep up #API #APISec @HackingAPIWDami

[HackingAPIsWithDami @HackingAPIWDami]

Over the weekend our students held their first Project Presentation, breaking down OpenVault Bank by @apisecu API exploits.

Big thanks to Abdulrahman Oyekunle @Nerdy_genii who joined in as our judge and shared impactful feedback that pushed our hackers to think deeper.

[Maryb @MaryCybSec]

If you work in development, DevOps, or security and haven't thought deeply about API security, now is the time. APIs are everywhere, and so are the vulnerabilities hiding inside them.

#API @HackingAPIWDami

[Kwesi Larry 🦅 @0xWizard_]

Friday is always fun and educative with #HAWD Hackers Friday, Glad to be part of the top 3.

[HackingAPIsWithDami @HackingAPIWDami]

🏆 Hawd Hackers Friday — Top 3!

🥇 @Ritanoble18 - Rita Okonkwo — 6,582 pts
🥈 @0xWizard_ — 4,728 pts
🥉 @jem_satoshi — 4,238 pts

Rita came, saw, and absolutely dominated 🔥 Congrats to our podium finishers!

See you next Friday 👾 #HackingAPIswithDami #Apisecurity

[HackingAPIsWithDami @HackingAPIWDami]

🏆 Hawd Hackers Friday — Top 3!

🥇 @Ritanoble18 - Rita Okonkwo — 6,582 pts
🥈 @0xWizard_ — 4,728 pts
🥉 @jem_satoshi — 4,238 pts

Rita came, saw, and absolutely dominated 🔥 Congrats to our podium finishers!

See you next Friday 👾 #HackingAPIswithDami #Apisecurity