Alternatives to Akto in Gaming

Gaming APIs face unique risks including account takeover, item manipulation, and leaderboard spoofing. This scanner evaluates endpoints using read-only methods and returns a risk score from A to F with prioritized findings. It maps relevant findings to OWASP API Top 10 (2023) and supports audit evidence for SOC 2 Type II controls.

The scanner checks authentication bypass, JWT misconfigurations, and sensitive data exposure such as PII and API keys. It probes for IDOR across player and match endpoints, tests privilege escalation on admin panels, and validates protections against CORS wildcard misuse and dangerous HTTP methods.

• Authentication — multi-method bypass, JWT alg=none, expired tokens, missing claims
• BOLA / IDOR — sequential ID enumeration, adjacent-ID probing
• Data Exposure — email, Luhn-validated card patterns, API key formats
• Input Validation — CORS wildcard with credentials, unsafe methods
• SSRF — URL-accepting parameters with internal IP detection

It also runs LLM security probes including system prompt extraction and jailbreak attempts aligned to OWASP API Top 10 (2023).

The tool parses OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1, and Swagger 2.0 documents with recursive $ref resolution. It cross-references spec definitions against runtime behavior to surface undefined security schemes, deprecated operations, and missing pagination. This helps compare documented design against actual behavior for more reliable audit evidence.

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Game Service API
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  /players/{id}:
    get:
      summary: Get player data
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK

Authenticated scans support Bearer tokens, API keys, Basic auth, and cookies. Domain verification requires DNS TXT records or an HTTP well-known file to ensure only the domain owner can submit credentials. The scanner forwards a strict header allowlist including Authorization, X-API-Key, Cookie, and X-Custom-* headers.

Continuous monitoring options include scheduled rescans every 6 hours, daily, weekly, or monthly. Diff detection highlights new findings, resolved items, and score drift, with alerts rate-limited to one per hour per API.

The CLI allows quick scans with JSON or text output, suitable for local checks or scripting. A GitHub Action can gate CI/CD, failing the build when the score drops below a set threshold. The MCP Server enables scans from AI coding assistants, and the Web Dashboard supports report generation, trend tracking, and branded compliance PDF downloads.

- name: MiddleBrick Scan
  uses: middlebrick/action@v1
  with:
    url: https://api.game.example.com