Why you need to know about ransomware

Last month, a strange thing happened in cybersecurity: a type of cyberthreat typically reserved for large businesses and critical services appeared on the computers of everyday people. Starting on July 20, hundreds of individuals across the globe began reporting problems with ransomware. Ransomwa...

State of ransomware in 2024

Ransomware attacks continue to be one of the biggest contemporary cybersecurity threats, affecting organizations and individuals alike on a global scale. From high-profile breaches in healthcare and industrial sectors – compromising huge volumes of sensitive data or halting production entirely – ...

Cyber Monday Web Traffic Up Over 2020

Online retail traffic that Akamai delivered during Cyber Monday was up 5% globally compared to Cyber Monday 2020 and 31% compared to average Monday traffic...

Cyber Monday Web Traffic Up Over 2020

Online retail traffic that Akamai delivered during Cyber Monday was up 5% globally compared to Cyber Monday 2020 and 31% compared to average Monday traffic...

Black Friday Web Traffic Up Over 2020

Online retail traffic that Akamai delivered during Black Friday was up 2% globally compared to Black Friday 2020 and 14% compared to average Friday retail traffic. The modest year-over-year increase can be attributed to the significant rise in 2020 traffic due to COVID-19–related lockdowns and...

Bad Bot Traffic on Healthcare Websites Rises 372% As Vaccines Become Available Globally

Nations around the world are racing to acquire COVID-19 vaccines and assemble digital infrastructure and web applications to enable appointment booking. As they do this, Imperva Research Labs has monitored a staggering 372% increase in bad bot traffic on healthcare websites globally since Septemb...