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Akamai Prevents DDoS Attack on Major U.S. Customer

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Akamai Prolexic Now Offers Cloud, On-Prem, and Hybrid DDoS Protection

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Akamai Prolexic Now Comes With a Network Cloud Firewall

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Wartime Sparks Unpredictable Shifts in DDoS Targeting

DDoS cyberattacks targeting European customers on the Akamai Prolexic platform are increasing worldwide, In response, Akamai unveiled its new DDoS solution...

Akamai’s Prolexic Launches Sixth-Generation DDoS Platform Upgrade

Today, we are excited to announce a significant evolution of Akamai’s distributed denial-of-service DDoS protection solution, Prolexic...

New Prolexic Partner Megaport Now Live in Australia

As part of Akamai’s focus on serving local market needs, we are thrilled to announce new Prolexic connectivity options via Megaport Elastic Fabric in Australia...

Largest European DDoS Attack on Record

On Thursday, July 21st, Akamai detected and mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever launched against a European customer on the Prolexic platform...

Akamai Provides Prolexic DDoS Service Impact Update (Status: Resolved)

Akamai experienced an outage for one of its Prolexic DDoS services Routed 3.0 starting at 4:20 AM UTC. We detected the issue immediately, and impacted customers received an error alert within seconds. The impact was limited to Akamai customers using version 3.0 of the Routed service. Many of the...

Akamai’s DDoS Mitigation Service Triggers Outages

UPDATE Major financial institutions, airlines and the Hong Kong stock exchange were knocked offline by a backfiring distributed denial-of-service DDoS mitigation service Thursday. The hour-long outage, which was triggered at approximately 1 a.m. EST Thursday, is tied to Akamai Technology’s...

Akamai Provides Prolexic DDoS Service Impact Update (Status: Resolved)

Akamai experienced an outage for one of its Prolexic DDoS services Routed 3.0 starting at 4:20 AM UTC. We detected the issue immediately, and impacted customers received an error alert within seconds. The impact was limited to Akamai customers using version 3.0 of the Routed service...

Akamai Identified as a Leader in DDoS Mitigation by Forrester

This week, Akamai was again recognized as a Leader in the latest The Forrester Wave™: DDoS Mitigation Solutions, Q1 2021. Akamai has also been recognized by Forrester as a Leader in its most recent The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q3 2020, The Forrester New...

Akamai Prolexic and Equinix Cloud Exchange Unite, Bringing DDoS Defense Closer to the Customer Origin

In terms of cyberthreats and digital risk, 2020 has been all about DDoS attacks. We've seen threat actors launch record breaking 1.44 Tbps and 809 Mpps attacks, cybercriminals conduct the largest global DDoS extortion campaign, and a significant uptick in cyberweek DDoS attacker activity aimed at...

Akamai Prolexic and Equinix Cloud Exchange Bring DDoS Defense Closer to the Origin

In terms of cyberthreats and digital risk, 2020 has been all about distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks...

2020 DDoS Extortion Campaign -- A Sequel More Thrilling Than the Original

Costarring Susan McReynolds and Tom Emmons As you might imagine, as the go-to enterprise DDoS mitigation experts, our phones have been "ringing off the hook" as the global extortion DDoS campaign sequel rages on. It's bigger, badder, and features a broader cast of criminal characters than seen...

Balancing Protection with Performance to Double Down on DDoS

Combating DDoS attacks with the highest quality of mitigation means having the right platform, processes, and people in place. At Akamai, we're recognized as a leader for DDoS mitigation solutions based on our Edge DNS, CDN edge-scrubbing, and cloud-scrubbing platforms that are designed to keep...

Unprecedented Levels of Ransom DDoS Extortion Attacks

The FBI has released a flash warning that thousands of organizations around the world, and across multiple industries, have been threatened with DDoS attacks unless they pay a bitcoin ransom. This ransom DDoS, or RDoS, threat was covered by Akamai's Security Intelligence Response Team SIRT in a...

Web Application and API Protection -- From SQL Injection to Magecart

SQL injections were first discovered in 1998, and over 20 years later, they remain an unsolved challenge and an ongoing threat for every web application and API. The Open Web Application Security Project OWASP highlighted injection flaws in its Top 10 lists for both web application security risks...

Akamai Mitigates Sophisticated 1.44 Tbps and 385 Mpps DDoS Attack

always surprises me how easily a community can adapt to a new situation or reality. What was once considered an outlier or even an unimaginable situation can quickly become our new normal. For those of us focused on protecting enterprises from threats, that also couldn't be more accurate...

Akamai Mitigates Sophisticated 1.44 Tbps and 385 Mpps DDoS Attack

always surprises me how easily a community can adapt to a new situation or reality. What was once considered an outlier or even an unimaginable situation can quickly become our new normal. For those of us focused on protecting enterprises from threats, that also couldn't be more accurate...