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Threat Research

Your Threat Research Partner in Applications and API Protection

Attackers are continually evolving their tools, finding new ways to abuse your APIs and exploit discovered vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, your team is tasked with keeping up with the latest attack techniques while maintaining your organization’s overall security posture. That’s where the CQ Prime threat research team can help, providing assistance that ranges from ongoing research your team can take advantage of, to fully-managed threat detection and response.
CQ Prime Threat Research Mission
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Singularly Focused on API Threat Hunting

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Malicious Infrastructure

The largest database of malicious API infrastructure is meticulously curated to stop attackers in their tracks based on their IP address or organization.

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Threat Toolkits

Known toolkits in use are dissected, analyzed and translated into pre-defined, high efficacy policies to protect your APIs.

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User Credentials

Stolen credential listings are incorporated into the predefined policies to improve ATO and fake account prevention efficacy.

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Behavioral Fingerprinting

Ongoing analysis of actions taken to evade detection are incorporated into existing or new ML models to maximize efficacy.

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Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

On-going investigative efforts into undiscovered API vulnerabilities such as LoNg4j.

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ML-Model Enhancements

Research is used to continually enhance, or create new ML-based analysis techniques to help you stay ahead of attackers.

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Out-of-the-box API Protection

Hundreds of predefined, customizable policies help ensure that your APIs are protected quickly and consistently.

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Dynamic Updates

Findings are used to enhance policies which are then pushed dynamically to all customers to help maximize API protection.

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CQ Prime Threat Research
2026 Verizon DBIR: AI Bot Threats vs. API Layer Attacks

June 3, 2026 | 5 MIN READ

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What the Verizon 2026 DBIR says about bots, APIs, and the AI threat surge

May 19, 2026 | 5 MIN READ

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PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance Requires a New Approach to API Security

March 27, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

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