October Release: Q&A with Ari Weil

Shortly after Akamai announced the October 2019 Release with new features and capabilities across its security, performance and media product lines, Akamai's VP of Product Marketing, Ari Weil, took over Akamai's Twitter account for a live October Release Q&A. For those that missed the live event,...

Taking Reputation to Scale: The Delicate Balance of Latency, Scale, and Cost (Part 1)

When it comes to serving reputation, even a millisecond of latency could create havoc, resulting in the unwanted spread of malware and causing costly consequences that no security company or customer wants. And that’s why we, as engineers here at Carbon Black, are constantly working towards...

openSUSE Security Update : gcc7 (openSUSE-2019-2365)

This update for gcc7 to r275405 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2019-14250: Fixed an integer overflow in binutils bsc1142649. - CVE-2019-15847: Fixed an optimization in the POWER9 backend of gcc that could reduce the entropy of the random number generator bsc1149145...

Security update for gcc7 (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for gcc7 Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:2364-1 Rating: moderate References: 1071995 1141897 1142649 1148517 1149145 Cross-References: CVE-2019-14250 CVE-2019-15847 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1 An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has...

Security update for gcc7 (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for gcc7 Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:2365-1 Rating: moderate References: 1071995 1141897 1142649 1148517 1149145 Cross-References: CVE-2019-14250 CVE-2019-15847 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0 An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has...

Akamai Outlook: Optimizing Edge Delivery Performance and Monitoring

Written by: Ritesh Kalyanshetty and Sandeep Singh Pervasiveness of CDNs within the expanding Media and Entertainment Industry Media and entertainment companies, including content owners and over-the-top OTT service providers are living in an era symbolized by a dramatic increase in content...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : gcc7 (SUSE-SU-2019:2702-1)

This update for gcc7 to r275405 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2019-14250: Fixed an integer overflow in binutils bsc1142649. CVE-2019-15847: Fixed an optimization in the POWER9 backend of gcc that could reduce the entropy of the random number generator bsc1149145...

Gobuster v3.0 - Directory/File, DNS And VHost Busting Tool Written In Go

Gobuster is a tool used to brute-force: URIs directories and files in web sites. DNS subdomains with wildcard support. Virtual Host names on target web servers. Oh dear God.. WHY!? Because I wanted: 1. ... something that didn't have a fat Java GUI console FTW. 2. ... to build something that just...

October 2019 - What's New in Web Performance?

Today, Akamai announced the October 2019 Release, which introduces new capabilities to the Performance product line with a focus on helping customers deliver superior experiences with the power of the Edge. Here are some highlights from the release with additional detail below. EdgeWorkers enable...

Quick Retry: Per Request Route Optimization to Reduce Video Rebuffer Rates

A slow response can wreck an otherwise perfect video playback experience. At least, that is what data shows when it comes to streaming high quality video content to any device, anywhere in the world. While there is no way to control when a slow response will happen, Akamai can offer an alternativ...

Pixel Perfect. Enhanced Optimizations Focused on Customer Experience

I remember the days when brands captivated users online with dancing aliens LowerMyBills.com and Elf Yourself advertising campaigns OfficeMax. In this new digital era, however, customers are smarter, more powerful, and dictate more than ever how and when they interact with brands. More important...

CVE-2019-2183

In generateServicesMap of RegisteredServicesCache.java, there is a possible account protection bypass due to a caching optimization. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

CVE-2019-2183

In generateServicesMap of RegisteredServicesCache.java, there is a possible account protection bypass due to a caching optimization. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

Design/Logic Flaw

In generateServicesMap of RegisteredServicesCache.java, there is a possible account protection bypass due to a caching optimization. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-2183

In generateServicesMap of RegisteredServicesCache.java, there is a possible account protection bypass due to a caching optimization. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

The vulnerability of the Windows Update Delivery Optimization service for Windows operating systems allows a malicious individual to exploit their elevated privileges.

The vulnerability of the Windows Update Delivery Optimization service in Windows operating systems is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges...

EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : gcc (EulerOS-SA-2019-2073)

According to the version of the gcc packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - The POWER9 backend in GNU Compiler Collection GCC before version 10 could optimize multiple calls of the builtindarn intrinsic into a single call, thu...

[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: blis-0.6.0-4.fc30

BLIS is a portable software framework for instantiating high-performance BLAS-like dense linear algebra libraries. The framework was designed to isolate essential kernels of computation that, when optimized, immediately enable optimized implementations of most of its commonly used and...

Device Hopping Shoppers Drive Up Bounce Rates Leading Into Holiday 2019

Executive Summary In 2018, Akamai reported for the first time that shoppers used mobile devices more than desktops for all the major peak traffic events we measured. Interestingly, they often don't complete their purchase on a mobile device. If the most recently concluded back-to-school shopping...

[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: blis-0.6.0-4.fc31

BLIS is a portable software framework for instantiating high-performance BLAS-like dense linear algebra libraries. The framework was designed to isolate essential kernels of computation that, when optimized, immediately enable optimized implementations of most of its commonly used and...