As AI-powered agents become increasingly capable of adapting their behavior in real time, many current tactics used by app publishers and developers to defend mobile applications and APIs are becoming less effective or obsolete.
The OWASP Los Angeles chapter will bring cybersecurity and technology professionals together September 23, 2026, for an in-person examination of how organizations can secure their most popular connection to customers – their mobile apps – against increasingly sophisticated attacks and AI-driven automation.
Sponsored by Approov Limited, the meetup will feature Mark Mazur, Field CTO at Approov, presenting “How to Build Secure Mobile Apps in the Age of AI Agentics and API Attacks.” The event will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. PDT at 929 Colorado Ave. in Santa Monica, California.
AI agentic threats have raised the stakes for API security
Until recently, automated attacks typically ran on rigid scripts and depended on predictable behavior. AI-agentic attackers introduce a different challenge: the exploit’s ability to dynamically adapt their tactics without human oversight as they encounter defenses, and change how they interact with an application or API attack sequence. This autonomous evolution is referred to as a recursive self-improvement (RSI) attack.
These RSI attacks increase an organization’s susceptibility to data scraping, credential stuffing, inventory hoarding , and the discovery and exploitation of business logic vulnerabilities.
Moreover, as RSI threats mimic and become more indistinguishable from legitimate users, the effectiveness of behavioral detection defenses is declining.
Mazur said: “The fundamental security question is shifting from simply asking whether traffic looks human to establishing whether the application making the request can be trusted. AI-driven automation is making behavioral defenses increasingly difficult to rely on by themselves. Too many organizations are still relying on tactics that worked against circa 2025 threats.”
Mazur will also share defenses such as cryptographic proof of authenticity and application-level trust in defending mobile apps and APIs against sophisticated automated abuse.
He has more than 20 years of experience architecting and scaling enterprise, mobile, web, AI and server software across cybersecurity, fintech, ad-tech, messaging and gaming.
Event Details
This OWASP LA event is intended for cybersecurity professionals, software developers, architects, technology leaders and others invested in securing mobile applications and APIs.
Event: OWASP Los Angeles September In-Person Meetup
Topic: How to Build Secure Mobile Apps in the Age of AI Agentics and API Attacks
Speaker: Mark Mazur, Field CTO, Approov Limited
Sponsor: Approov Limited
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Time: 5:30–8:30 p.m. PDT
Location: 929 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA
Registration: Attendees must register in advance by visiting: https://luma.com/ik2qe9ji
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OWASP Los Angeles Meetup: How AI Agents Are Changing Mobile App and API Security
As AI-powered agents become increasingly capable of adapting their behavior in real time, many current tactics used by app publishers and developers to defend mobile applications and APIs are becoming less effective or obsolete.
The OWASP Los Angeles chapter will bring cybersecurity and technology professionals together September 23, 2026, for an in-person examination of how organizations can secure their most popular connection to customers – their mobile apps – against increasingly sophisticated attacks and AI-driven automation.
Sponsored by Approov Limited, the meetup will feature Mark Mazur, Field CTO at Approov, presenting “How to Build Secure Mobile Apps in the Age of AI Agentics and API Attacks.” The event will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. PDT at 929 Colorado Ave. in Santa Monica, California.
AI agentic threats have raised the stakes for API security
Until recently, automated attacks typically ran on rigid scripts and depended on predictable behavior. AI-agentic attackers introduce a different challenge: the exploit’s ability to dynamically adapt their tactics without human oversight as they encounter defenses, and change how they interact with an application or API attack sequence. This autonomous evolution is referred to as a recursive self-improvement (RSI) attack.
These RSI attacks increase an organization’s susceptibility to data scraping, credential stuffing, inventory hoarding , and the discovery and exploitation of business logic vulnerabilities.
Moreover, as RSI threats mimic and become more indistinguishable from legitimate users, the effectiveness of behavioral detection defenses is declining.
Mazur said: “The fundamental security question is shifting from simply asking whether traffic looks human to establishing whether the application making the request can be trusted. AI-driven automation is making behavioral defenses increasingly difficult to rely on by themselves. Too many organizations are still relying on tactics that worked against circa 2025 threats.”
Mazur will also share defenses such as cryptographic proof of authenticity and application-level trust in defending mobile apps and APIs against sophisticated automated abuse.
He has more than 20 years of experience architecting and scaling enterprise, mobile, web, AI and server software across cybersecurity, fintech, ad-tech, messaging and gaming.
Event Details
This OWASP LA event is intended for cybersecurity professionals, software developers, architects, technology leaders and others invested in securing mobile applications and APIs.
Event: OWASP Los Angeles September In-Person Meetup
Topic: How to Build Secure Mobile Apps in the Age of AI Agentics and API Attacks
Speaker: Mark Mazur, Field CTO, Approov Limited
Sponsor: Approov Limited
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Time: 5:30–8:30 p.m. PDT
Location: 929 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA
Registration: Attendees must register in advance by visiting: https://luma.com/ik2qe9ji
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