🔒 Security & Privacy

Your AWS Public API: A Hacker's Playground Unless You Follow These Rules

That public API powering your React app on AWS? It's wide open to the world. Time to slam the door with AWS tools – or watch it all burn.

theAIcatchup Apr 08, 2026 3 min read
AWS console dashboard showing secured API Gateway with WAF rules active

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • API Gateway + WAF isn't magic; misconfigs kill you faster than no security. 𝕏
  • Whitelist React origins via CloudFront OAI – simplest lock. 𝕏
  • Monitor everything; breaches hide in blind spots. 𝕏
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#API Gateway best practices #AWS API security #AWS WAF #AWS WAF CloudFront #React AWS integration #Secure public API #WAF CloudFront #public API protection

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